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The answer is that the Constitution of the United States gives no jurisdiction to Congress, when the certificates are opened and the votes are to be counted, to correct such mistakes or frauds.
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Hoar states that the Constitution does not allow Congress to correct mistakes or fraud during the counting of votes.
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