Index – Foreign – The Electoral College confirms the victory of Joe Biden, officially the next president of the United States



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With the victory of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden confirmed in local time on Monday afternoon, an electoral body met in 50 US states and the capital, Washington, to formally elect the country’s president.

According to the US news agency AP, Joe Biden was voted 302 local time on Monday afternoon, and 232 voters voted for President-elect Donald Trump. Elections for the presidency require 270 electoral votes. Joe Biden crossed the threshold with the vote of 55 voters in the state of California. CNN also recalls that although the outgoing Donald Trump has filed procedures in several wavy states to recount votes and invalidate millions of votes, his submissions have been rejected everywhere and in all those states: Nevada, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Michigan. and Wisconsin Elector voted for Joe Biden.

Electoral elections are often a mere formality in the US presidential election process, but they have been given high priority this year because Donald Trump has refused to acknowledge defeat.



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