Should congress refrain from business during the lame-duck-session?

[Associate Justice PiT]

There should be no lame-duck session, and the new Congress should be sworn-in immediately upon certification (which itself should be completed no later than one week after election day). This is how sane countries do it.

     My wife's home country (which is larger than any individual state) counted the votes in a nationwide election earlier this year in two hours. It's ridiculous that some races take weeks to call here.

[Associate Justice PiT]

There should be no lame-duck session, and the new Congress should be sworn-in immediately upon certification (which itself should be completed no later than one week after election day). This is how sane countries do it.

     My wife's home country (which is larger than any individual state) counted the votes in a nationwide election earlier this year in two hours. It's ridiculous that some races take weeks to call here.

Since it's hot button stuff here, do they require voter ID and do they have absentee voting?

     Yes and no respectively.