Voters cast their ballots on Monday Election College To formalize the winner in the 2020 presidential election. Their votes will then be sent to Washington Counted by Congress on January 6th.
At 5:30 p.m., California voters cast their state’s 55 Electoral College votes for President-elect Joe Biden, with more than the 270 needed to win.
President Trump has refused to accept the election and his last legal efforts to overturn the results have been overturned in the courts. Friday, the One case was dismissed by the Supreme Court Texas filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Ken Paxton seeking to prevent voters from voting Monday in four major warring states.
Mr. Biden is scheduled to deliver a speech Monday night after all voters have cast their ballots.
What happened before December 14th?
Election day is set for Tuesday following the first Monday in November, which fell to November 3, 2020. When people vote, they actually vote for a voter who is determined to support the election for president and vice president.
Once the referendum is over, the states count and, finally, certify the votes. All states have certified their results. California last did this, on December 11th.
The U.S. Code states that any day before election day, if procedures have been put in place to resolve any disputes regarding voters, they will be eligible for “safe port” if the results are determined six days before the election. Congress should consider those decisions as “conclusive”. This date is called the “safe port” deadline.
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What exactly is happening on Monday?
Federal law dictates that voters meet on Monday in December, which continues into the second Wednesday, which falls on December 14, 2020.
There are 538 voters. The number coming from each state is based on the population and is equal to the number of members of Congress in the state in the House and Senate, i.e. the minimum that any state can have. The state with the highest number of voters is California, at 55. Washington D.C. has three voters, even if it is not a state.
All but two states, Maine and Nebraska, give their electoral college votes to the candidate with the most votes in the state. Maine gives two of its four electoral votes to the statewide winner, but allocates one election vote to the popular vote winner in both of its congressional districts. Nebraska gives two of its five electoral votes to the statewide winner, while the remaining three go to the popular vote winner in all three of its congressional districts.
Three hundred and six voters will vote for Mr Biden and 232 for Mr Trump.
Voters will vote for the president and vice president separately and on paper. Voters will count the votes and then sign six certificates, called voting certificates. Certificates are attached to certification certificates issued by state governors, and they are signed, sealed and certified.
Six copies are sent by registered mail to the President of the Senate (Vice President Mike Pence); The two voters are sent to the Secretary of State for the meeting; Two are sent to the archive, one to the judge of the U.S. District Court for the district where the voters met.
Voting takes place at different times, starting at 10 a.m. ET and ending with Hawaii at 7 p.m. In Michigan, the state House and Senate offices have been closed due to “credible violent threats” – not due to “expected demonstrations” – as a result, voters will have police guards from their cars to the Capitol building, said a spokeswoman for the state Senate Majority, Mike Shirky. Members of Michigan Election College are scheduled to vote ET at 2 p.m.
Voters do not have to be bound by law to vote according to state decisions, as there were 10 “no-confidence voters” in 2016. But most states have laws repealing the votes of “unreliable voters.” The Supreme Court ruled in July Those states can punish them. Since the establishment of the Electoral College, Forward has found that there are 167 distrustful voters.
Who are the voters?
Between May and August, states’ political parties and independent candidates nominate voters for each ticket. The constitution does not say how states should elect voters, so most candidates are nominated by state party committees or at a state party convention.
Voters are not U.S. senators, members of Congress, or anyone who holds the “office of trust or profit under the United States.”
Most of the voters are not celebrities, but there are some big names this year. Former President Bill Clinton, 2016 Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo are all Democratic voters for New York, and South Dakota Governor Christie Noem is a Republican voter for her state.
2018 Georgia Democrat candidate Stacy Abrams was a Georgia voter. Mr. He was elected over his fellow voters to lead the crowd in support of Biden and vice-president-elect Kamala Harris.
Published by Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield A statement on Monday said the state legislature would not select new voters. According to the Detroit Free Press, a GOP legislator was pointing out that he was part of a group that supports the selection of new voters. Michigan Representative Gary Eisen will also not rule out the possibility of violence.
Mr. Chadfield said he “fought hard” for Trump, but he could not understand our terms and traditions for passing a resolution that would change the electorate for Trump because some think widespread fraud may have taken place in order to give him victory. “
Mr. Can Trump still challenge the results even after voters have voted?
Congress can challenge decisions in a state that does not meet the December 8 deadline. Jan. According to the Associated Press, discuss the objections and vote on whether to retain them.
In a statement last week, attorneys for the Trump campaign cited a 2000 disagreement in the Supreme Court Bush v. Core Judges that January 6 is the date of “final significance.”
“Despite the media’s serious efforts to declare the fight over, we will continue to maintain electoral unity until the legal votes are counted fairly and accurately,” said lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis.
What are the next important dates?
- December 23: All copies of the voter’s ballot must be provided to the recipient.
- January 6: Congress will count the votes of the voters. The procedure states that Benz must open each state’s “certificate of confirmation” – documents prepared by the government after it has completed its vote count and confirmed the official results. He will then issue a certificate to the four “speakers” who will announce the results. Once a candidate has reached 270 Electoral College votes, Pence will announce the winner.
- January 20: Mr. Biden will be left open.
The report was co-authored by Grace Checkers, Adam Brewster and Audrey McNamara.