Now America’s voters are voting

Today, so-called voters gather in all 50 states of the United States and in the capital Washington DC (which is not in any of the states).

They will then formally cast their vote for the two candidates voted by the American people on November 3.

Several states have already cast their votes. Below the video you can see the updated results as they arrive overnight.

Updated result

By 6.40 pm Norwegian time, voters in 18 states had cast their votes.

Among them was Georgia, one of the states Trump has claimed he won. No evidence of this has been presented, and Georgia cast her votes as expected to Biden.

So far, the following states have voted for Biden, who now has a total of 97 votes:

Vermont, New Hampshire, Delware, Illinois, Nevada, Maryland, Georgia, Virginia, Connecticut, Arizona.

So far, the following states have voted for Trump, who now has a total of 71 votes:

South Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee, Indiana, Iowa, Arkansas, Oklahoma, North Carolina.

You need to know this

But you are not sure why you are voting today since the elections were held on November 3? Let’s quickly try to explain this somewhat capricious voter system:

• The president of the United States is not elected directly by the people, but by 538 of the so-called electors appointed by the states and DC.
• In principle, voters should vote for the candidate who received the most votes among the voters in the state to which the voters belong.
• The number of voters in each state depends on how many inhabitants the states have. California, with the largest number of inhabitants, therefore has the largest number of voters.
• The first to get more than half the votes, that is, the votes of at least 270 voters, is the winner.

• From the results of the November elections, we know that Joe Biden won states with a total of 306 voters, while Donald Trump won states with 232 voters.
• The results of the votes cast today by these voters will be sent to Congress in Washington DC, which will meet on January 6 of next year to make the official count, which ends with the public declaration of the vice president as the winner.
• After this, the election is formally decided and a new president will be named on January 20.

It was purely technical which may be good to know.

Abnormal

And as you understand, we’ve known the result for quite some time, in fact since November 7, when the census in enough states had gone far enough to predict that Biden had at least 270 voters.

Normally, one seldom bothers to give importance to the day voters gather to cast their votes, which this year is December 14. Actually, this is just a mere formality. Something that everything indicates that this is also the case today.

Although some states today have taken the extraordinary step of offering police escorts to voters or holding the meeting in a secret location due to threats from Trump supporters.

In Wisconsin, one of the CNN voters reports that he has received death threats.

Rejected in court

Donald Trump and his supporters have made several attempts to change the outcome of the election by taking allegations of voter fraud to court. And while this has been rejected in court after court, including by the Federal Supreme Court on Friday and in the Wisconsin Supreme Court to this day, this has led to today’s vote receiving an abnormal amount of attention.

Because even though voters are expected to follow voters in their states and knock down another nail in Donald Trump’s coffin as president, no one expects the president to stop yelling about voter fraud or to stop his desperate attempts to change. the elections.

Indicated violence

There is also enthusiasm for how your followers will react.

In Michigan, according to the Washington Post, Republican leaders have stripped one of their own elected representatives from office after he did not rule out resorting to violence in a radio interview.

Gary Eisen said he and other elected representatives may have to “act” to challenge Biden’s victory. He declined to answer exactly what he was referring to, but answered “no” when asked if he could guarantee that no one would be injured in the Michigan state capital today.

Theoretical opportunity

In theory, the votes of voters can protest in Congress. Given that 126 Republicans in one chamber of Congress, the House of Representatives, recently signed Texas’ lawsuit against four other states, a lawsuit that the Supreme Court rejected, it is not inconceivable that anyone would.

However, there is very little chance that he will lead. For a protest to pass, both houses, both the House of Representatives and the Senate, must vote in favor of it. A simple majority is sufficient, but since Democrats have a majority in the old house, this is unlikely to happen.