Biden Clinches Electoral College Win as California Certifies

[highplainsdem]

Source: Bloomberg

Joe Biden now officially has more than the 270 Electoral College votes he needs to claim the presidency after California certified its election results on Friday evening.

Secretary of State Alex Padilla approved the results, according to his office, which Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom will use to prepare the Certificate of Ascertainment appointing the state’s 55 electors for Biden.

All states that voted for Biden over President Donald Trump have now certified their presidential election results except for New Jersey, which plans to do so on Monday, and Hawaii, which is waiting for the resolution of two pending lawsuits.

The electors will meet in their states on Dec. 14 to cast their votes, which Congress will tally in a joint session on Jan. 6.

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Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-04/biden-clinches-electoral-college-win-as-california-certifies

[Botany]

1. Joe Biden now officially has more than the 270 Electoral College

[Iliyah]

2. Cool ....

I wonder what was the actual vote count for Biden/Harris.

[DonaldsRump]

3. Congratulations (yet again), President Biden!

Ya' done good, Joe, you done good!

[malaise]

4. Biden did shut him up

PHEW

[DonaldsRump]

7. One of the great moments in US political history

A candidate saying EXACTLY what most Americans were thinking! (I bought "Will you shut up, man!" shirts for my family for Christmas...I'm sure they'll say that it now means me!)

Let's relive that great moment:

[malaise]

8. It was the greatest moment in the debates

I loved it

[JudyM]

20. I can watch it without cringing so much now, that's progress.

Those shirts’ll be great! Post a pic when you can

[riversedge]

5. well, trumpy. now would be a good time to say Biden won and congratulate him.

[Grokenstein]

10. "NOOOOO!! UNFAIR!! WINNING BIGLY!!"

(balls up dirty diaper and throws it)

"WANT RECOUUUUNT! RECOUNT UNTIL I WINNNNNN!!"

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Next Step By Republics

Claiming the 22nd amendment is in effect because Biden already won twice!
Stupid enough to happen with that crowd!

[Initech]

9. Bye Don!!!

And don't let the door hit you on the way out!

[Grokenstein]

11. Or better still...DO!

Especially if it's THIS door!!

[Initech]

13. And I hope his family goes with him!

[dhill926]

12. woo-hoo! we put him over the top....

I believe a bottle of wine is called for...of course it being Friday night, an excuse is not needed...

[My Pet Orangutan]

14. Safe harbor Tuesday, December 8th.

[Justice4JFK]

15. Best Wishes!

A collective exhale across the USA

[crickets]

16. Congratulations, Joe and Kamala! Congratulation to us! Finally. 💙

[Lucky Luciano]

17. His margin also passed 7 million!

[Major Nikon]

18. Fun fact: Dec 8 is the safe harbor deadline

Meaning states that have certified by that date have their results legally binding to congress

https://bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/december-electoral-dates/

[h2ebits]

19. Not quite yet

I believe that Colorado still has one county pending certification. Things are changing so fast. . . .

[Cha]

21. TY hpd!

[melm00se]

22. Still not official

the counts are certified, the next steps are:

Mid-November through December 14, 2020 - the Governor of your State prepares seven Certificates of Ascertainment. “As soon as practicable,” after the election results in your State are certified, the Governor sends one of those original Certificates of Ascertainment to the Archivist.

By December 8, 2020—States resolve controversies

December 14, 2020—electors vote in their States

December 23, 2020—electoral votes arrive and be received by the President of the Senate and the Archivist no later than nine days after the meeting of the electors. If votes are lost or delayed, the Archivist may take extraordinary measures to retrieve duplicate originals.

On or before January 3, 2021—Archivist transfers Certificates to Congress

January 6, 2021—Congress counts the electoral votes and works to resolve any any objections to the electoral votes.

If and only if a candidate receives the majority of electoral college votes is this over/

Sorry, I don't want to rain on anyone's parade but there is still time for the orange bastard to wrest victory from the jaws of defeat.