| Megathread: Congress Certifies the 2020 Presidential Election for President-Elect Biden Posted: 07 Jan 2021 01:02 AM PST Congress has certified the results of the 2020 election, and Vice President Michael R. Pence declared President-Elect Joseph R. Biden the winner, reviewing the ballots cast by electors from each state and voting down objections made to the electors from several swing states. The count had begun at 10AM ET on 1/6, but the storming of the Capitol building by a mob seeking to overturn the results from several states delayed counting in the afternoon. The voting procedure commenced again at 8PM, and ended at 3:42am the following day. Members of Congress had originally objected to the results from Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania. However, following the violence at the Capitol in the afternoon, Senators withdrew objections to the electoral counts from Georgia, Michigan and Nevada. The objection to the electoral count in Arizona failed 93-6 in the Senate, and 303-121 in the House. The objection to the electoral count in Pennsylvania failed 92-7 in the Senate, and 282-138 in the House. Objections to electoral results can only be sustained upon a majority vote by both Houses of Congress. The certification is the penultimate procedural hurdle to the validation of the 2020 presidential election, with the final step being President-Elect Biden's swearing in ceremony and administration of the oath of office on January 20.
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