Can Kamala Harris Certify Her Own Election Result?

Kamala Harris must certify the presidential election result, regardless of whether she wins or loses.

It will be her sole task to officially declare the result of the election.

Under the U.S. constitution, a vice president is automatically president of the Senate and it is the role of the Senate president to officially declare the result of a presidential election.

As the Senate website explains: "The Constitution names the vice president of the United States as the president of the Senate. In addition to serving as presiding officer, the vice president … formally presides over the receiving and counting of electoral ballots cast in presidential elections."