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The Electoral College of the United States of America (USA) validated on Monday the victory of Democrat Joe Biden in the presidential elections, who with 302 votes exceeded the minimum of 270 necessary to be the 46th US president.
Joe Biden’s victory was ratified after delegates from the California Electoral College assigned that state’s 55 votes to the Democrat, who already had 247 votes and now has 302 out of 538. The decision was announced in Sacramento, California. , at 5:29 pm from Washington, capital of the United States (10:29 pm in Lisbon).
However, the president-elect will only be officially declared successor to Republican Donald Trump in the White House when the state of Hawaii casts its votes, ending the voting process in all 50 US states.
All four votes from Hawaii should also be attributed to Joe Biden, who, according to projections by various American media outlets, including CNN, The New York Times and The Washington Post, will put an end to this. process with 306 votes from the Electoral College. Donald Trump raised just 232.
In the United States, the president is not elected by popular vote, but by an indirect system, through the vote of large voters, chosen according to electoral results and according to the population of each state (the most populous being the one with the right to more votes). ).
Biden won in several states that assigned him 306 delegates, surpassing the minimum of 270 needed to be president.
Biden’s inauguration ceremony as the 46th president of the United States will take place on January 20.
Precisely this Monday, Joe Biden’s team issued part of a speech that the president-elect is expected to deliver at 7:30 pm Washington local time (12:30 am in Lisbon).
Without mentioning Trump’s name, Biden ‘dug the ax’ in the unwarranted allegations of election fraud that outgoing President Republican Donald Trump has fueled since early projections indicated the Democrat’s victory.
“In the battle for the soul [dos Estados Unidos] America, democracy won, “Biden said through an excerpt from that speech released beforehand.” The flame of democracy has long been lit in this country. And now we know that nothing, not even a pandemic or an abuse of power, can put out that flame, “explained the Democrat, who will be the 46th president of the United States, adding that, therefore, it is time to” change the heading “. page”.
These allegations of election fraud perpetrated by Democrats, which were accompanied by countless lawsuits in various states deemed critical by the number of votes in the Electoral College, and were echoed by the Trump family, the outgoing president’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, and supporters.
Last Friday, the United States Supreme Court rejected a Trump-backed case to overturn Biden’s presidential victory.
Despite still not recognizing the Democrat’s victory, Trump has already exhausted all possible means, based on accusations without evidence, to try to reverse the result of the November 3 elections.
