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EXPLAINER: How Congress will count Electoral College votes

by Mary Clare Jalonick
| January 1, 2021 12:07 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The congressional joint session to count electoral votes is generally a routine, ceremonious affair. But President Donald Trump’s repeated, baseless efforts to challenge Democrat Joe Biden’s victory will bring more attention than usual to next Wednesday's joint session of the Senate and the House.

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