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Last Updated: January 2, 2021 11:05 PM
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The number of Republican Senate members who announced they would vote against counting the electoral college votes next week reached 12, after Republican Rep. Ted Cruz announced that he would also join the naysayers.
Republican lawmakers said they intend to reject polling station votes in various states until a “10-day emergency audit” of election results in “disputed states” is completed.
They said: “An honest and reliable audit, done quickly and completed well before January 20, would significantly improve Americans’ confidence in our electoral process and greatly enhance the legitimacy of who will become our next president. We owe it to the people. “
They added that the January 6 vote in Congress was “the only remaining constitutional authority to consider the multiple allegations of serious electoral fraud and impose its resolution.”
CNN previously reported that at least 140 Republican members of the House of Representatives will vote against the counting of electoral votes in Congress, according to two members of the Republican Party.
On Wednesday, Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri became the first senator to announce plans to challenge the results.
