The Electoral Count Act imposes a two hour time limit on the deliberation of each house regarding objections, which is hardly enough time to make an informed determination about voter fraud, even assuming the House and Senate have the authority to reject electoral votes on that basis. The fact is, they don't. Once votes are certified before the safe-harbor date, and assuming there are no other slates of electors certified or purported to have been certified by a state before the safe-harbor date, the votes of the electors so certified are to be counted. The only exception is if both houses determine that an elector's vote wasn't "regularly given" -- i.e., the elector was bribed or his vote was forged. But this doesn't relate to the validity of the elector's appointment.
3 USC 5
If any State shall have provided, by laws enacted prior to the day fixed for the appointment of the electors, for its final determination of any controversy or contest concerning the appointment of all or any of the electors of such State, by judicial or other methods or procedures, and such determination shall have been made at least six days before the time fixed for the meeting of the electors, such determination made pursuant to such law so existing on said day, and made at least six days prior to said time of meeting of the electors, shall be conclusive, and shall govern in the counting of the electoral votes as provided in the Constitution, and as hereinafter regulated, so far as the ascertainment of the electors appointed by such State is concerned.
3 USC 15
...no electoral vote or votes from any State which shall have been regularly given by electors whose appointment has been lawfully certified to according to section 6 of this title [3 USC 5] from which but one return has been received shall be rejected, but the two Houses concurrently may reject the vote or votes when they agree that such vote or votes have not been so regularly given by electors whose appointment has been so certified....
3 USC 17
When the two Houses separate to decide upon an objection that may have been made to the counting of any electoral vote or votes from any State, or other question arising in the matter, each Senator and Representative may speak to such objection or question five minutes, and not more than once; but after such debate shall have lasted two hours it shall be the duty of the presiding officer of each House to put the main question without further debate.
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