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December 14, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) The Latest on the Electoral College meeting (all times local):
Electors are gathering in 50 states and the District of Columbia on Monday to formally vote for the next president. Most states have laws binding their electors to the winner of the popular vote in their state. Democrat Joe Biden won the Nov. 3 election with 306 Electoral College votes, while President Donald Trump finished with 232. It takes 270 Electoral College votes to win the presidency.
TALLY OF ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES, AS OF 4:26 P.M. EST
Democrat Joe Biden: 240
5:10 p.m.
U.S. Rep. Paul Mitchell, a retiring Republican from Michigan, says he is disaffiliating from the GOP and becoming an independent for the rest of his term.
9 & 10 News
December 14, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) The Latest on the Electoral College meeting (all times local):
Electors are gathering in 50 states and the District of Columbia on Monday to formally vote for the next president. Most states have laws binding their electors to the winner of the popular vote in their state. Democrat Joe Biden won the Nov. 3 election with 306 Electoral College votes, while President Donald Trump finished with 232. It takes 270 Electoral College votes to win the presidency.
TALLY OF ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES, AS OF 11:55 A.M. EST
Democrat Joe Biden: 36
12:15 p.m.
A Republican lawmaker from Michigan has been disciplined for not denouncing potential violence at the state Capitol before Democratic presidential electors are to meet to vote for Joe Biden, who won the state over President Donald Trump.
14 mins ago Face the music : senators start to desert Trump
Support for Donald Trump s attempt to overturn his election loss began to collapse in the Senate on Monday (Tuesday AEDT) after the electoral college certified Joe Biden s victory.
While they insisted that Trump could still challenge the results in court, Republican senators said the certification should be considered the effective conclusion of an election that has fiercely divided the country. After weeks of silence as Trump sought to overturn the results in increasingly extreme ways, some urged their colleagues to move on. I understand there are people who feel strongly about the outcome of this election, but in the end, at some point, you have to face the music, John Thune, the Republicans No. 2 in the Senate, told reporters. And I think once the electoral college settles the issue today, it s time for everybody to move on.
North Carolina has awarded its 15 electoral votes to President Donald Trump.
An energized base of supporters, vigorous in-person campaign schedule and appeal to rural voters fueled Trump’s 1.3 percentage point win over Democratic President-elect Joe Biden in the state.
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Biden largely stayed off the physical campaign trail, instead choosing to do virtual events or smaller in-person gatherings with mask wearing and physical distancing. He did not personally visit the state in the last 16 days of the election.
Biden benefited from a surge in mail-in voting but fell short of a plurality of the more than 5.5 million ballots cast.