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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 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.
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.
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LANSING Republican state House leaders have sanctioned GOP Rep. Gary Eisen for a conspiracy-laden radio interview in which he discussed plans to disrupt Monday’s Electoral College vote and wouldn’t rule out the possibility of violence. It is dangerous, Eisen, R-St. Clair Township, said in the Monday morning interview on 1380AM in Port Huron, suggesting he and other legislators would attempt to escort the Michigan Republican Party’s slate of electors into the building for Monday’s vote even though President Donald Trump lost the state to Democrat Joe Biden by 154,188 votes.
The radio host concluded the interview by asking Eisen if he could guarantee there would be no violence and that everyone at the Capitol would be safe.
The Latest: Biden says election workers showed courage
December 15, 2020 GMT
Electors gathered in 50 states and the District of Columbia on Monday to formally affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the Nov. 3 election. It takes 270 Electoral College votes to win the presidency.
FINAL TALLY OF ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES:
Democrat Joe Biden: 306
7:55 p.m.
President-elect Joe Biden says local election officials and workers endured threats of violence and verbal abuse while ensuring that democracy prevailed in the November election.
In a speech Monday after the Electoral College affirmed his victory, Biden said that the threats were “simply unconscionable” but that the workers showed courage and commitment to free and fair elections in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.