The records are sealed and unavailable for examination prior to the count. How would two members of Congress know what to object to if the vote tally is sealed until they are read out loud?
And if the members of Congress are expected to know the contents of the sealed envelopes prior to the reading of the contents of the envelopes, then why bother reading the vote tally out loud. The President of the Senate could simply announce, “You know the contents of the sealed envelopes in this sealed box and did not write any objections. So, let’s dispense with the reading of vote tally and declare a winner.”
They could go to the National Archives website that posted the EC votes for each state as they came in to NARA. They posted images of each state’s Certificates of Votes shortly after December 17th.
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/2012/certificates-of-vote.html
“Certificates will be posted as they are received and verified for completeness and accuracy. If you don’t see your state listed yet, check back later. Certificates of Vote will not be available until sometime after the Electors meet and vote on December 17, 2012.”
Here is Ohio’s posted about the 18th.
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/2012-certificates/pdfs/vote-ohio.pdf