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, according to his office, that Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom will use to prepare the Certificate of Verification designating the state’s 55 voters for Biden. All the states that voted for Biden over President Donald Trump have now certified the results of their presidential elections, except for New Jersey, which plans to do so on Monday, and Hawaii, which is awaiting the resolution of two pending lawsuits.
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 continue to transition into a new administration, Trump continues to make unsubstantiated allegations of massive voter fraud on Twitter and in a lengthy video released this week. But his already slim chances of reversing the election result have been further reduced as courts in several states have rejected the legal challenges presented by his campaign.
Biden’s advantage in the popular vote is now more than 7 million votes.
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