legislatures which would then need to meet in an emergency electoral session. in other words, even though there were not two slates of electors from every state, ellis memo was pushing for a way for pence to push the legislatures, to convene and create them. five of six of the states have republican legislatures, we should note. this plan was counting on their participation. another ellis memo january 5th, the day before the insurrection, quote, the vice president should begin alphabetically in order of the states and coming first to arizona, not open the purported certification but simply count the stop at that juncture, end quote. the states would then have to act. ellis tweeted in response to the politico story she never, quote, advocated pence had the authority to overturn the election and the memo simply outlined, quote, legal theories i explored. except we know that vice
vice president should therefore not open any votes from the six states and instead direct a question to the legislatures of each of the states and ask them to confirm which of the two slates of electors have in fact been chosen in the manner the legislature is provided for. the question would require a response from the state legislatures which would then need to meet in an emergency electoral session. in other words, even though there were not two states of electors from every state, ellis was pushing a way for pence to push the lectures, convene and create them. five of six of the states have republican legislatures, we should note. this plan was counting on their participation. another ellis memo january 5th, the day before the insurrection, quote, the vice president should begin alphabetically in order of the states incoming first to arizona, not open the purported certification but simply count the stop at that juncture, end