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The vote marks the watershed moment some Republican lawmakers have said would signal the end of their support for attempts to overturn the Nov. 3 election.
The 16 electors in Michigan voted for Biden, following the 63 votes cast for him earlier in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Biden will have enough electoral votes to be officially declared president-elect when members have cast 270 ballots, which is expected after California votes. Congress will officially count the votes on Jan. 6.
Electors in 50 U.S. states and District of Columbia are voting for president and vice president in time-honored constitutional ceremonies that have drawn new attention this year after Trump refused to concede and insisted without evidence that the election was “rigged.”
Biden wins Electoral College to cement victory and rebuff Trump
Mark Niquette, Bloomberg News PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - DECEMBER 12: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden gives a thumbs-up as he leaves Pennsylvania Hospital after a follow up appointment at the radiology department December 12, 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to his transition office, Biden underwent a CT scan which obtained a âweight-bearingâ image of his foot after he suffered hairline fractures while playing with his dog on November 28. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) , Photographer: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America
Joe Biden officially clinched the presidency after the Electoral College confirmed his victory Monday, capping a tumultuous period sparked by Donald Trumpâs refusal to acknowledge he lost with the help of Republicans willing to support his unsubstantiated claims.
Biden wins Electoral College to cement victory and rebuff Trump
Mark Niquette, Bloomberg News PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - DECEMBER 12: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden gives a thumbs-up as he leaves Pennsylvania Hospital after a follow up appointment at the radiology department December 12, 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to his transition office, Biden underwent a CT scan which obtained a âweight-bearingâ image of his foot after he suffered hairline fractures while playing with his dog on November 28. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) , Photographer: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America
Joe Biden officially clinched the presidency after the Electoral College confirmed his victory Monday, capping a tumultuous period sparked by Donald Trumpâs refusal to acknowledge he lost with the help of Republicans willing to support his unsubstantiated claims.
Biden captures all six battleground states contested by Trump Electors in 50 US states and District of Columbia are voting for president and vice-president in normally uneventful process electrified by Trump s refusal to concede presidential election 14 December 2020 - 23:34 Mark Niquette A Pennsylvania elector fills out a ballot during the 59th Pennsylvania Electoral College meeting in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the US, December 14 2020. Picture: COMMONWEALTH MEDIA SERVICES/REUTERS
Electoral College members in all six battleground states where President Donald Trump most fiercely contested the results cast their ballots for Democrat Joe Biden on Monday, effectively cutting off the president’s path to overturning the election.