On this day, December 14, 2020, the members of the Electoral College met across the U.S. to cast their official votes.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

The votes were not counted until January 7, 2021 – a day late.

2020 United States presidential election

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Background

Procedure

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On December 14, 2020, pledged electors for each candidate, known collectively as the United States Electoral College, gathered in their states' capitols to cast their official votes. Pursuant to the processes laid out by the Electoral Count Act of 1887, certificates of ascertainment listing the names of the electors and separate certificates recording their votes are distributed to various officials across the branches of government. The newly elected Congress, with the Vice President in his role as Senate President presiding, met in a joint session to formally open the certificates and count the votes, which began on January 6, 2021, was interrupted by the January 6 United States Capitol attack, and finished the following day.

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Aftermath

Electoral College votes

The presidential electors met in the state capitol of each state and in the District of Columbia on December 14, 2020, and formalized Biden's victory, casting 306 votes for Biden/Harris and 232 votes for Trump/Pence. Unlike the 2016 election, there were no faithless electors. In six swing states won by Biden, groups of self-appointed Republican "alternate electors" met on the same day to vote for Trump. These alternate slates were not signed by the governors of the states they claim to represent, did not have the backing of any state legislature, and have no legal status.

Even after the casting of the electoral votes and rejection of his lawsuits seeking to overturn the election by at least 86 judges, Trump refused to concede defeat. In a speech following the Electoral College vote, Biden praised the resiliency of U.S. democratic institutions and the high election turnout ( calling it "one of the most amazing demonstrations of civic duty we've ever seen in our country" ) and called for national unity. Biden also condemned Trump, and those who backed his efforts to subvert the election outcome, for adopting a stance "so extreme that we've never seen it before – a position that refused to respect the will of the people, refused to respect the rule of law and refused to honor our Constitution" and for exposing state election workers and officials to "political pressure, verbal abuse and even threats of physical violence" that was "simply unconscionable".

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Thu Dec 14, 2023: On this day, December 14, 2020, the members of the Electoral College met across the U.S. to cast their official votes.

Also on this day:

Mon Dec 14, 2020: Trump Announces Intent to Nominate and Appoint Individuals to Key Administration Posts; 12-14-2020

[Dennis Donovan]

1. I've had a deep distrust of SCOTUS since Dec 12, 2000

I used to think they were to be revered as the top judges in the country. That day, I realized they were as politicized as anyone.

I hated that time in between the election and Shrub's inaugural. But the dread I felt about that incoming admin PALES in comparison to the dread I feel now.

[Sneederbunk]

2. And did its duty despite several MAGAt criminal stunts.