The exact timing of his swearing-in is still up in the air.
While Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin sent a letter to the Senate clerk Wednesday declaring Brown the unofficial winner of the seat, senators had to decide whether they were going to waive a waiting period for absentee ballot arrivals.
Brown said there's no indication that anyone wants to hold it up.
"I'm presuming sometime early to mid next week it will happen," he told reporters.
No conspiracy. Just beauracracy.
