KenH
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Based on the presidential election system set up for our representative constitutional republic, Joe Biden is the president-elect. Like it or not like it - it is what it is.
' California certified its presidential election Friday and appointed 55 electors pledged to vote for Democrat Joe Biden, officially handing him the Electoral College majority needed to win the White House.
Secretary of State Alex Padilla's formal approval of Biden's win in the state brought Biden’s tally of pledged electors so far to 279, according to a tally by The Associated Press. That's just over the 270 threshold for victory. ...
Although it's been apparent for weeks that Biden won the presidential election, his accrual of more than 270 electors is the first step toward the White House, said Edward B. Foley, a law professor at Ohio State University.
"It is a legal milestone and the first milestone that has that status," Foley said. "Everything prior to that was premised on what we call projections." '
Biden Officially Secures Enough Electors to Become President | Voice of America - English (voanews.com)
' California certified its presidential election Friday and appointed 55 electors pledged to vote for Democrat Joe Biden, officially handing him the Electoral College majority needed to win the White House.
Secretary of State Alex Padilla's formal approval of Biden's win in the state brought Biden’s tally of pledged electors so far to 279, according to a tally by The Associated Press. That's just over the 270 threshold for victory. ...
Although it's been apparent for weeks that Biden won the presidential election, his accrual of more than 270 electors is the first step toward the White House, said Edward B. Foley, a law professor at Ohio State University.
"It is a legal milestone and the first milestone that has that status," Foley said. "Everything prior to that was premised on what we call projections." '
Biden Officially Secures Enough Electors to Become President | Voice of America - English (voanews.com)