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Elector Marla Blunt-Carter called it an amazing day to be able to cast her ballot for Delaware s own Joe Biden to be president. (Screengrab/State of Delaware)
Delaware’s three meager Electoral College votes have rarely registered in importance on the national scale.
And even though the ballots signed Monday in Dover don’t play a deciding role in the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, they are a point of pride for the three electors and voters in the state, who have a front-row seat to see one of their own headed to the White House.
“As Delawareans, we could not be more proud to send one of our own to lead this nation,” said Delaware Secretary of State Jeff Bullock, who oversees the Electoral College process in the state. “We wish the new administration the courage and judgment to lead us through this long, dark winter and, as Lincoln said in his second inaugural, ‘bind up the nation’s wounds as we move toward renewed prosperity.’’’