Can someone fill us in, as to what happens, if there is an objection?
I read a news article that said that if there are objections, then House and Senate adjourn to their chambers to debate, then return later for a vote. Do we know, at that point, does the parliamentarian instruct the clerk to call the roll, and we have a roll call vote on such point of order? And then a majority vote of Congress officially accepts the electoral votes?
One Representative and one Senator need to file an objection in writing to a state's slate of Electors. Then each body will meet separately to debate the merits of the objection. Then each body will take a vote to either accept or reject the slate of Electors and count their votes.
Both houses must vote to reject the slate of Electors. If either house votes to accept the Electors, the Electoral votes are counted.
This is repeated for every state, and each objection must be made separately for each state.