Jennifer Shutt, Virginia Mercury A bipartisan group of U.S. senators released legislation Wednesday that aims to clarify the 1887 law that governs how Congress counts Electoral College votes following a presidential election. The legislation caps off months of negotiations between Republican and Democratic senators, who hope to remove the vagueness …
Read More »Electors Are Being Sent To Congress To Challenge Joe Biden’s Win
President Donald Trump isn’t giving up his re-election bid. According to White House Adviser Stephen Miller, GOP electors from contested states will vote during the Electoral College vote. “As we speak today, an alternate slate of electors in the contested states is going to vote, and we’re going to send …
Read More »Electoral College Affirms Joe Biden’s Victory
The Electoral College confirmed Joe Biden‘s win in the 2020 Presidential Election. Two hundred seventy electoral votes are required to win the presidency. Biden received 306 out of 538 electoral votes with President Trump recieving 232 votes. This is the same margin of victory that President Trump won by in 2016 …
Read More »Multiple States Coming Together To Replace The Electoral College
Multiple states are banding together in an initiative that will replace the Electoral College ahead of future presidential elections. This would change the way that presidential candidates are selected. Colorado voters are the latest to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. This agreement is demanding that states award their …
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