Dem. Electoral College member David Bright said Monday that Biden’s victory needs to be respected. Author: Don Carrigan Updated: 10:58 PM EST December 14, 2020
AUGUSTA, Maine Maine is sending its votes for President to Washington. The members of the Electoral College met Monday to make it official, joining states across the country in the next-to-final step of the presidential election
There was no suspense about the vote the result has been known ever since the November election count.
Maine’s four Electoral College members gathered in a restricted and socially distanced House Chamber at the State House. In a normal year, there would likely have been a crowd witnessing the ceremony, as happened four years ago. But COVID has closed the State House to the public, so only a few family members of electors and staff were present.
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Both powerful and powerless, America’s 538 electors include a Maine high-schooler
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In a two-storey home on a rural street in a Maine town of 1,297 households a few miles from the Atlantic, Mom sits in the living room, reading the newspaper. Dad is in his dental office, examining a patient for cavities. Their 18-year-old son has just finished his final exam in a remote-learning course on economics. He’s hanging around waiting for lunch, leftover pasta in vegetable sauce from the night before.
On Monday he will be one of the 538 people who will choose the president of the United States.
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