Joe Biden now officially has more than the 270 Electoral College votes he needs to claim the presidency after California certified its election results Friday night.
Secretary of State Alex Padilla approved the results of Biden’s victory, according to his office, that Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom will use to prepare the Certificate of Verification naming the 55 state voters for Biden.
Voters will meet in their states on December 14 to cast their votes, which Congress will count in a joint session on January 6.
Even as Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris proceed with the transition to a new administration, President Donald Trump continues to make unsubstantiated allegations of massive voter fraud, on Twitter and in a lengthy video posted this week. But his already slim chances of reversing the election outcome have been further reduced as courts in several states have rejected the legal challenges presented by his campaign and his supporters.
The Nevada and Minnesota courts awarded him two more defeats on Friday, dismissing lawsuits seeking to decertify Biden’s victories in those states.
A Nevada state court judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by six Republican voters who requested an injunction overturning Biden’s victory or declaring Trump the winner, saying they did not meet the burden of producing “ relevant and credible evidence. ” of massive electoral fraud.
Hours earlier, the Minnesota Supreme Court dismissed a Republican-led lawsuit that aimed to decertify Biden’s victory there, ruling that the case had been filed too late to challenge the vote-by-mail rules that were made public long before the November 3 elections.
Biden’s advantage in the popular vote is now more than 7 million votes.
The states that voted for Biden and have yet to certify their presidential election results are New Jersey, which plans to do so on Monday, Colorado, which plans to certify early next week after an automatic recount in a judicial race, and Hawaii, which is awaiting the resolution of two pending lawsuits.
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