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Congress count of the Electoral College, a normally symbolic affair affirming the president-elect s victory, is set to be a contentious, lengthy process when the House and Senate convene in a joint session to count the electoral votes on Wednesday.
In an effort that has divided the Republican Party, over a dozen Senate Republicans and at least 50 House Republicans are set to object to the counting of electoral votes from states that President Donald Trump contested after Election Day. No Democrats are expected to object to the results.
Trump has urged Republican lawmakers to join the objections, but the effort is unlikely to succeed because a majority of both the House and Senate is needed to exclude any electoral votes.
Rep. Ed Perlmutter, Democrat
Rep. Doug Lamborn, Republican
Rep. Lauren Boebert, Republican
Republican Rep. Ken Buck voted against the objection to Arizona s certification, but he abstained from the Pennsylvania vote.
As required under the 12th Amendment to the Constitution, the 538-member Electoral College voted Dec. 14 on state-certified election results and declared Biden and Harris the winners of the election with 306 electoral votes, compared with 232 for Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. Colorado s nine electoral votes went to Biden-Harris. A ticket needed 270 electoral votes to win the election.
The results were then delivered to Pence, who as president of the Senate presided over Wednesday s joint session of Congress and declared Biden and Harris as the winners.
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Wednesday’s vote by a joint session of Congress was the last hurdle before the Jan. 20 inauguration of Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. (Jenna Fisher/Patch)
WASHINGTON, DC Wisconsin congressional delegation voted to count with notable exception(s) the 2020 Electoral College votes confirming Democrat Joe Biden as the nation s 46th president, despite a symbolic fight by allies of President Donald Trump to subvert the vote so he can remain in the White House.
Wednesday s vote by a joint session of Congress was the last hurdle before the Jan. 20 inauguration of Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Here s how the individual members of our congressional delegation voted: