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