This happened:
The joint session of Congress happens on January 6 every four years to certify the presidential election. The law states the two chambers convene at 1PM ET (emphasis mine):
Under federal law, Congress must meet Jan. 6 to open sealed certificates from each state that contain a record of their electoral votes. The votes are brought into the chamber in special mahogany boxes that are used for the occasion.Bipartisan representatives of both chambers read the results out loud and do an official count. The vice president, as president of the Senate, presides over the session and declares the winner.The Constitution requires Congress to meet and count the electoral votes. If there is a tie, then the House decides the presidency, with each congressional delegation having one vote. That hasn’t happened since the 1800s, and won’t happen this time because Trump’s electoral win over Harris was decisive, 312-226.
Have fun, Harris!
The Democrats used 2021 as an excuse to make changes, including raising “the threshold necessary for members of Congress to object to a state’s electors” to at least one-fifth of the House and Senate.
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