LANSING In a ceremonial act made dramatic by a “credible threat of violence” that closed the Capitol, 16 Michiganders gathered in the state Senate on Monday to officially cast their Electoral College votes for Democrat President-elect Joe Biden.
The elector signatures on “certificates of ascertainment” ended Republican President Donald Trump’s unprecedented and unsuccessful public pressure campaign to persuade Michigan’s Republican-led Legislature to discard Biden’s 154,188-vote win and swing the election to him.
The vote leaves Trump with just one clear move to fight what he continues to claim was a “rigged” election, and one that is even less likely to succeed than myriad lawsuits he and allies have lost: Imploring Congress to reject electors from contested states.
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WASHINGTON Nearly six weeks after Americans voted Joe Biden the next president, the Electoral College is meeting Monday and will make President Donald Trump s electoral loss official.
In statehouses across the country, 538 electors will formally cast their votes for either Biden or Trump based on the popular votes in their states.
Biden, the president-elect, and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are expected to receive 306 electoral votes, topping 232 for Trump. The electoral votes will then be counted at a special joint session of Congress on Jan 6. before Biden and Harris are inaugurated Jan. 20.