Today at noon, the next stage of the 2020 election is set to take place.
Twenty individuals from every corner of Pennsylvania will gather in Harrisburg to cast their votes for president of the United States, on behalf of the 3,458,229 voters who cast their vote for President-Elect Joe Biden.Â
They are the commonwealthâs presidential electors, appointed by the winning campaign to fulfill the duties laid out in Article II Section 1 of the Constitution, as well as the Twelfth Amendment, and codified in federal law.
And just as COVID-19 changed so many traditions this year, the meeting of Pennsylvaniaâs Electoral College is no different. Instead of convening at the Capitol in the chamber of the state House of Representatives for an ornate ceremony filled with pomp and circumstance, this yearâs gathering will take place in the Forum Auditorium, across from the Harrisburg Capitol Complex.Â