What role does Congress have in the electoral process?
Congress will meet in joint session on Jan. 6, 2009 to count the votes of the electors. If at least one member of the House and one member of the Senate object to any electoral votes from a state, then the House and Senate each go into separate sessions to debate and vote on the contested electoral votes. Both the House and the Senate must vote to reject the challenged electoral votes in order for them to be rejected.
A. Congress will meet in joint session on Jan. 6, 2009 to count the votes of the electors. If at least one member of the House and one member of the Senate object to any electoral votes from a state, then the House and Senate each go into separate sessions to debate and vote on the contested electoral votes. Both the House and the Senate must vote to reject the challenged electoral votes in order for them to be rejected. Q.
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