Electoral College confirms Biden's victory in the US presidential election
The results of the presidential elections were clear a few weeks ago, but on December 14 they became one step closer to the official ones, since on this day the Electoral College meets in every state of the United States, recalls CNN.
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Across the United States, 538 electors gather in their states to vote for the President of the United States in a popular vote. In most states, voting takes place in the state capital.
Electoral ballots are due to arrive in Washington by December 23rd. They will be officially counted at a joint session of the House of Representatives and the Senate on January 6.
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So far, the vote has passed without surprises and is in line with the results of the popular vote on November 3.
As of 17:30 p.m. Eastern Time on December 14, Joe Biden has 302 of the expected 306 electoral votes, and Donald Trump has 232 votes. The state of Hawaii is the last to vote in the United States, at approximately 19:00 p.m. Eastern Time, so the state's electoral votes have not yet been included in this count. All 4 votes in the state are expected to go to Joe Biden.
The number of electors in a state depends on the number of members of the House of Representatives and senators from the state, plus three electors from Washington, DC.
The smallest states, such as Vermont and Wyoming, each have three electoral votes, as does the US capital, despite having no representative in Congress. There are many more of them in the largest states. For example, California has 55 electors, Texas has 38, and New York and Florida have 29 each.
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The winning candidate must receive at least 270 electoral votes to become president.
According to the data, Joe Biden has already overcome the barrier necessary to win.
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