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What happens on January 6?
ON January 6, 2021, Congress will formally validate the Electoral College votes.
As is written in the US Code of Law, "Congress shall be in a session on the sixth day of January succeeding every meeting of the electors."
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"The president of the Senate, Vice President Mike Pence, presides over the session and declares the winner."
announced that he will contest the electoral college vote certification.
The senator's objection would ensure a debate and vote in the House and Senate on the Electoral College results, according to .
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will join Missouri's Hawley in rejecting , with more to follow when Congress reconvenes to formally validate the
Contrary to President Trump's baseless claims of a "rigged election," the Justice Department has concluded that it has found
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What happens after Congress counts the votes?
Vice President Pence will announce who has won the majority votes for both president and vice president once the votes have been counted.