Friday, January 4, 2013

Congress certifies Electoral College count of Obama win

U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File

Congress made the obvious official on Friday. President Barack Obama has been re-elected.

In a joint session, Congress formally certified that Obama and Vice President Joe Biden were the winners in the November election with 332 electoral votes, well more than the 270 required. Republican Mitt Romney and his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, won 206 votes.

It's a mostly ceremonial — yet constitutionally necessary — vote that's

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