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Pennsylvania Republicans were still pushing a legislative review of the 2020 election on Dec. 22, 2021, more than a year after the state certified the presidential result. The Pennsylvania Department of State said it officially certified the final 2020 general election results on Nov. 24, 2020, and its election pages say claims of systemic voter fraud have no supporting evidence. ([pa.gov](https://www.pa.gov/agencies/vote/elections/fact-checking-pa-related-election-claims.html?utm_source=openai))

The Senate effort was not an official recount or any other proceeding that could alter the certified outcome. It was a committee-driven investigation in the Republican-controlled Senate, with the chamber’s Intergovernmental Operations Committee holding hearings in 2021 and considering subpoenas tied to questions about the 2020 general election. ([legis.state.pa.us](https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/CMS/Archive.cfm?Chamber=S&Code=57&SessYear=2021&utm_source=openai))

Pennsylvania’s election pages also say counties conduct audits before certification to check reported results, but those audits are separate from the Senate’s political inquiry. The state’s publicly posted results and certification records show Joe Biden won Pennsylvania in 2020 by more than 80,000 votes. ([pa.gov](https://www.pa.gov/agencies/vote/elections/fact-checking-pa-related-election-claims.html?utm_source=openai))

By late 2021, the probe kept the 2020 election fight alive in Harrisburg, but it did not change the certified vote count. State officials had already put the result in the books, and the Senate investigation had no authority to rewrite it. ([pa.gov](https://www.pa.gov/agencies/vote/elections/fact-checking-pa-related-election-claims.html?utm_source=openai))