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Mike Pence: “After ascertaining that certificates are regular in form and authentic, the tellers will announce the votes cast by the…”

On the recordJanuary 12, 2022
After ascertaining that certificates are regular in form and authentic, the tellers will announce the votes cast by the electors for each state beginning with Alabama, which the parliamentarians advise me as the only certificate of vote from that state, and purports to be a return from the state that is annexed to it, a certificate from an authority of that state purporting to appoint or ascertain electors.
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Mike Pence
Republican · Indiana

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Mike Pence explains the procedural steps he took during the certification of electoral votes, highlighting the legitimacy of the certificates.

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