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The VP doesn't certify
The joint session of congress does.
After January 6, congress passed, and Biden signed, the Electoral Count Reform Act.
Among other things, it defined the VP’s role as purely ceremonial/parliamentary, with no authority.
It also raised the threshold to sustain an objection to a state’s slate of electors.
Vance will preside over the tally, congress will vote to certify the winner, and the clerk will enter the result in the record.