Electoral College pledges Ohio s votes for Trump in Columbus
Ohio again has gone for President Donald Trump, with all of the Buckeye State s Electoral College votes moving to the losing side of the national ledger for the first time since 1960.
But it was former Vice President Joe Biden, now the president-elect, who was set to cross the 270-vote threshold needed to become the next president after winning several key states.
The Electoral College took on a different look in the Ohio Senate chambers this year as the state continued to report thousands of new daily cases of COVID-19. While officials gathered in small clusters to fist-bump or take selfies before it began, they spread out during the meeting.
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There will likely be a new ballot line in Suffolk County and the rest of New York State as a result of last month’s election: the elimination of several minor parties that have for many years automatically gained ballot presence.
There is litigation pending in federal court to overturn this. But legal experts we’ve spoken to say the litigation brought by the Libertarian and Green Parties is unlikely to succeed. And if it doesn’t, they and the Independence Party will lose automatic ballot presence. They can get back on the ballot through a petition process, but this is difficult, especially on a statewide basis.
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