Light snow fell during the meeting, which was scaled back this year because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The electors remained socially distanced while sitting in the forum and signing documents.
The streets in Harrisburg remained quiet outside the Forum and the Capitol Building, where protesters have gathered regularly in recent months.
Sometimes they have rallied against restrictions introduced by Gov. Tom Wolf and health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine, as they ve worked to stop the spread of COVID-19. And more recently there have been demonstrations related to a contentious Pennsylvania election, which Biden won in Pennsylvania by more than 80,000 votes.
Maryland s electors cast their 10 Electoral College votes for Biden
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Texas Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw released a video ad on Sunday showing him pretending to attack antifa activists in Georgia.
The ad comes as President Donald Trump and his GOP allies have continued to spread baseless claims about the outcome of the presidential election and attempt to overturn the results.
Over the weekend, violence broke out in Washington, DC, and Washington state between Trump supporters and counterprotesters.
Pro-Trump members of the far-right group Proud Boys burned Black Lives Matter signs and chanted f - antifa in DC.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw, a Texas Republican, released a video ad on Sunday showing him pretending to go to war against antifa activists and Democrats in Georgia.
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December 14, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) The Latest on the Electoral College meeting (all times local):
Electors are gathering in 50 states and the District of Columbia on Monday to formally vote for the next president. Most states have laws binding their electors to the winner of the popular vote in their state. Democrat Joe Biden won the Nov. 3 election with 306 Electoral College votes, while President Donald Trump finished with 232. It takes 270 Electoral College votes to win the presidency.
TALLY OF ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES, AS OF 11:45 A.M. EST
Democrat Joe Biden: 36
11:55 a.m.
Nevada’s six Democratic presidential electors have awarded their votes for Joe Biden, becoming the first slate of electors from a battleground state to cast their votes.
9 & 10 News
December 14, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) The Latest on the Electoral College meeting (all times local):
Electors are gathering in 50 states and the District of Columbia on Monday to formally vote for the next president. Most states have laws binding their electors to the winner of the popular vote in their state. Democrat Joe Biden won the Nov. 3 election with 306 Electoral College votes, while President Donald Trump finished with 232. It takes 270 Electoral College votes to win the presidency.
TALLY OF ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES, AS OF 4:02 P.M. EST
Democrat Joe Biden: 240
4:05 p.m.
In a prime-time speech after the Electoral College vote, President-elect Joe Biden is set to declare that “not even … an abuse of power” can stop a peaceful transition of power in the U.S. after last month’s election.
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