Joe Biden says “it’s time to turn the page” after confirming victory

Joe Biden said it was time to turn the page after US electoral authorities confirmed that he had won the presidential election.

In a speech after the announcement, Biden said that American democracy “has been severely tested and threatened” and “has proven tough, real and strong.

He condemned President Trump’s attempts to reverse the outcome, saying “the will of the people prevailed.”

Confirmation from the Electoral College was one of the necessary steps for Biden to take office.

Under the US system, voters cast their votes by a “group of voters,” who in turn formally vote for the candidates weeks after the election. And then Democratic candidate Joe Biden won the electoral college’s 306 votes in November to Republican candidate Donald Trump’s 232.

President Trump, who shows no signs of giving up, has not commented.

Shortly after the Electoral College vote, he announced on Twitter the departure of Attorney General William Barr, who said there was no evidence of widespread election fraud, despite the president’s accusations.

Speaking in Delaware, Biden praised “ordinary men and women” who refused to be intimidated, and cited the president’s efforts to question and invalidate the results, including legal appeals rejected by courts across the country.

“The flame of democracy has been lit in this nation for a long time,” he said. “We know that nothing, not even an epidemic, or an abuse of power, can put out that flame.”

He added that the time has come to “turn the page, as we have done throughout our history, for the sake of unification and recovery.”

What happened in A.For a complex Elective?

The Electoral College vote generally doesn’t get as much attention, but its vote this year, and because of Trump’s attempts, has been in the limelight in every state.

California, which strongly supports the Democrats, with its 55th electoral college, was one of the last states to vote on Monday, raising Biden to the 270 votes needed to win the presidency.

Tight security measures were imposed in some states, including Michigan and Georgia, ahead of the vote, which took place in the state capitals and Washington, DC.

And in Michigan, a major swing state that Biden won, legislative offices in the state capital, Lansing, were closed due to “real” threats of violence.

Voting on Capitol Hill was conducted peacefully despite a group of Republicans attempting to enter the building to hold their own vote, but were expelled.

Biden in his speech described the post-election harassment officials were subjected to as “unreasonable” and said: “I sincerely hope that we will never again see anyone subjected to the kind of threats and abuse that we saw in this election.”

He said he received the same number of votes in the electoral college, which Trump called “overwhelming” when he won in 2016. Biden confirmed that he also won the popular vote, which Trump had failed four years ago.

Republican Senator Lamar Alexander: “The presidential election is over. The states have ratified the votes. The courts resolved the disputes. The voters voted. I hope President Trump puts the country first, takes pride in his great achievements. and help President-elect Biden get off to a good start. “

Who are the members of the electoral college?

Each party has a candidate in the presidential elections who will name or elect a list of its members in the assembly, during the months prior to the elections.

When we know who wins the general vote for a state, we know the party that assigns the list of councilors for that state.

The constitution stipulates that members of the assembly must not be members of parliament (Congress) or hold positions in the federal government. The most popular voter this year is former President Bill Clinton and 2016 candidate Hillary Clinton.

Members of the assembly generally vote according to the results of the elections in their states, but some members of the assembly did not comply with that in 2016, so some states change their laws to avoid a repeat.

The number of community members in each state is proportional to its population.

Whats Next?

When the vote is over, the results are sent to Washington, DC. Votes are counted in a session of both houses of Congress on January 6, overseen by Vice President Mike Pence.

This paves the way for Joe Biden’s inauguration as President of the United States on January 20.

Trump said last month that he would leave the presidential office in January if the electoral college confirmed Biden’s victory. Despite this, he continued to repeat his accusations of electoral fraud without providing evidence.

There is no indication that he intends to admit defeat.