Biden Officially Wins Key Battleground States as Electors Meet
- Electors gather in each state after season of political tumult
- Trump has refused to concede despite clear election defeat
Joe Biden in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Dec. 12.
Photographer: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Electoral College members from the battleground states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia and Arizona cast their official votes for Democrat Joe Biden on Monday, a moment some Republican lawmakers have said should mark the end of President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the results.
Electors cast their votes for Biden and running mate Kamala Harris in a constitutionally mandated procedure occurring in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The final battleground state to cast its Electoral College slate is Michigan, coming later Monday.
The ceremonies usually pass with little notice, but this year, they may help conclude a chaotic election season punctuated by Trump’s refusal to concede and he and his allies’ frequent insistence, without evidence, that the vote was “rigged” against him.