One of the rarest moments in American governance is the Joint Session of Congress that convenes only every four years to receive and count the Electoral College votes in the previous November’s presidential election and to declare the official winner. Article II, Section I of the U.S. Constitution, the 12th Amendment to the Constitution, and the Electoral Count Act of 1887 are the key laws governing the process members of the Senate and the House of Representatives must follow in Wednesday’s Joint Session. The process is at once, both fairly straightforward, and pregnant with procedural questions that are subject to heated disagreement and which can have a decisive impact on the ultimate decision of the Joint Session regarding the winner of the presidential election. Here, based on the Dec. 8, 2020, report of the Congressional Research Service (CRS), are summaries of the most important procedures and potential conflicts to watch …