Electoral College Affirms Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Victory

Every 4 years, a Electoral College meets to attest their votes to a presidential and vice-presidential candidates. On Dec.14, 2020, a electorate met in their particular states and expel their votes for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

President-elect Biden will be sworn in on Jan. 20, 2021.

But before that happens, Congress will accommodate in a corner event on Jan 6. Their pursuit is to count a Electoral College votes, and Senate President Mike Pence will announce a outcome.

President Trump still has not conceded. During an unpretentious press conference, he responded to a doubt about surrender once a Electoral College was filed. He said:

Certainly, we will, and we know that. we will and, we know that.

Yet, in a subsequent breathe, a boss pronounced it would be formidable to concur when there was so many fraud.

Trump Attempts to Subvert a Election Ahead of Electoral College

His powerful attempts to overturn a choosing have been met with denials. His group filed during slightest 48 cases alleging fraud, mismanagement of rules, and miss of transparency. The many new try to mishandle a choosing was filed by Ken Paxton, Texas’s profession general.

The AG sought a United States Supreme Court’s accede to sue Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin over their voting methods. Each of these Republican-led states submitted a choosing acceptance papers on or before a deadline of Dec. 8, 2020. Yet, Paxton suspicion is required to record a box — that was brutally and summarily dismissed.

There are rumors that Trump loyalists are formulation to competition a choosing formula after Congress has tallied a votes. If they select to do this, a chairman contesting contingency benefaction their reason in essay and yield dual signatures — one senator and one residence member.

Next, a House and Senate accommodate in their particular chambers to discuss a matter. They have dual hours to interpretation either or not voter rascal occurred during a election. Both bodies of Congress contingency strech a same conclusion.

CNN reports given a Democrats reason a infancy in a House and adequate Senators indicated they would not support allegations of a sinister election, those filing would usually loitering a inevitable.

Electoral College Affirms Voters’ Choice

The Electoral College is not a place — it is a process. America’s Founding Fathers placed it in a Constitution. Its duty is to be a “middle man” between a president’s choosing by competent electorate and a choosing of a same by a opinion in Congress.

The final formula to today’s Electoral College votes attest Biden will be a 46th President of a United States, and Harris will be a 49th Vice President of a United States.

Biden cumulative a feat over Trump — 306 Electoral votes vs. 232, respectively.

Written by Cathy Milne-Ware

Sources:

CNN: Electoral College opinion affirms Biden’s win
National Archives: Electoral College
The Washington Post: What a Electoral College opinion means for Trump and Biden; by Dareh Gregorian

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