Despite endorsing and supporting President Donald Trump, Rep. Tom Reed, R-Corning, said he will not object to any any state’s electors during the presidential election certification process.

Reed said, during his weekly conference call with regional media outlets Tuesday, he will not object to any state’s Electoral College count. He said the U.S. Constitution states that the presidential election is handled at the state level and any objection to the vote count should be reviewed and adjudicated at the state level. He added that no state Legislature has asked Congress to intervene in the Electoral College vote.

“My commitment to the U.S. Constitution is what guides me in my core in the decisions I make,” he said. “I will not be objecting to state electors (today) based on my commitment to the U.S. Constitution.”

Reed said on Monday he held a virtual townhall with residents in New York’s 23rd Congressional District when he heard from angry voters who believe the election was stolen from Trump. Reed said he hears the voices of those who are frustrated by the results of the election. However, he said opposing the results of the presidential election isn’t the way forward for the Republican Party.

“We on the Republican side … should stride to win the hearts and minds of the voters who didn’t vote for President Trump,” he said. “I still believe in our institutions and the power of the people.”

For an objection to a state’s vote to be considered, it has to be a written document signed by at least one member of the House and the Senate. It has been reported that at least a dozen Republican House members and 11 members of the Senate have said they plan to object to votes from swing states won by President-elect Joe Biden.

If there’s a recognized objection to a state’s vote, the vote counting is halted while both chambers go their separate ways and have up to two hours of debate. Then there is a vote on whether to sustain the objection and dismiss the state’s votes. For a state’s vote to be dismissed — something that hasn’t happened since the Electoral Count Act was enacted in 1887 — majorities of both houses have to vote to sustain the objection.

If one chamber votes to toss the state’s votes and the other doesn’t, the objection is dismissed.

Reed expects there to be objections of the presidential election results from Republicans, which will lead to hours of debate. He expects there to be objections to the results in four to six states, but he doesn’t anticipate the Electoral College votes to be overturned because the U.S. House of Representatives is controlled by the Democratic Party.

“The votes aren’t there in the House and the Senate,” Reed said.

Reed said the process of certifying the election might last more than one day. As an example, Reed said in 2005 there was objection to one state’s — Ohio — vote and the debate lasted for three hours. Expected objections during the certification process could happen for the vote totals in the states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.