Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, plans to object to Arizona’s Electoral College votes Wednesday, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke with The Washington Post.
Cruz, one of at least 12 senators who have threatened to object to President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, will be joined in the House in his Arizona objection bid by Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz.
"I assembled a coalition of 11 senators that we are going to vote to object to the electors — not to set aside the election, I don’t think that would actually be the right thing to do," Cruz said on the "The Mark Levin Show" on Monday.
"But rather to press for the appointment of an electoral commission that can hear the claims of voter fraud, hear the evidence and make a determination as to what the facts are and the extent to which the law was complied with."
Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has said he plans to object to the results in Pennsylvania while Sen. Kelly Loeffler, should she win reelection in Georgia Tuesday, signaled she plans to object to Biden’s win in her state.
The objections won’t change the outcome of the results but instead extend the process of counting Electoral College votes as the two chambers will separately recess and debate for up to two hours for each state where a House member and senator object, followed by a vote on whether to accept or reject the objection.
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