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President-elect Joe Biden speaks at the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware on Dec. 4 – Photo: AP
California elections official Alex Padilla officially confirmed Biden’s victory in the state on Dec. 4, raising his total number of official electoral votes so far to 279, according to statistics from AP firm. A United States presidential candidate only needs to obtain 270 electoral votes to declare victory.
These steps are often overlooked in regular US presidential elections, but are of particular interest in the 2020 election, where President Donald Trump continues to deny Biden’s victory and persecute. Legal battle to nullify election results in key states.
Trump and his campaign have filed at least 50 lawsuits in an attempt to reverse the results in key states that Biden won by a narrow margin, mainly in Arizona, Georgia. Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. According to the AP, more than 30 of the 50 lawsuits were dismissed or lost.
Edward B. Foley, a law professor at Ohio State University, said that while the victory appeared to have been confirmed by the media weeks ago, the accumulation of more than 270 electoral votes was the first step toward setting foot in the White House.
“This is a legal milestone and the first milestone to have that status. All of the above is based on what we call predictions,” noted Mr. Foley.
Thus, voters appointed on December 4 will meet with voters from other states on December 14 to formally vote to elect the next president of the United States. Most states in the US have laws that require voters to vote for the winner of popular ballots in each state.
The AP news agency said there is currently no indication that the electorate committed to voting for Biden will collapse. The results of the electoral college vote will be received and generally approved by the National Assembly on January 6.
The House is controlled by Democrats and the Senate is dominated by the Republican Party which will vote separately to resolve any disputes if any. So far there has only been one dispute in Pennsylvania, when 75 Republican MPs signed a statement on Dec. 4 urging Congress to block electoral votes that would vote for Biden from the state.
However, Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Pat Toomey said shortly after that he was not opposed to the state’s Biden constituency, highlighting the difficulties in trying to change the election result. through Congress.
Still, the states of Colorado, Hawaii and New Jersey have not confirmed the election results, although according to US media, Biden has won in all three states. Once these states officially confirm the results, as reported by the AP, Biden will have 306 electoral votes compared to 232 for Trump.
