most secure election in our history.”Pence’s small part in the process was largely ceremonial. He had no power to affect the outcome, despite Trump’s wishes to the contrary and his pressure campaign on Pence to play dirty.
Pence was marginalized since all he had to do was read the final count and declare the winners of the race. In this case he simply spoke from a card handed to him that said Joe Biden and Kamala Harris received 306 electoral college votes and are therefore the next president and vice president of the United States.