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Why Donald T Will Be the Next President
Electoral College is last long-shot chance for Trump allies to challenge election results - CBS News
President Trump's campaign and his allies' litany of legal challenges to the 2020 presidential election have not succeeded in changing the results of the election. But two weeks before inauguration, Republican lawmakers who have yet to acknowledge President-elect Joe Biden's victory will have one last long-shot chance to challenge the outcome showing Mr. Biden won 306 electoral votes to Mr. Trump's 232.
Tuesday marked "safe harbor" day — election results certified by states by this date are viewed as final and any subsequent court challenges are almost certain to be denied. On December 14, state electors will meet and cast their ballots. President Trump has in recent weeks summoned state leaders to the White House with the apparent aim of pressuring them to defy the will of voters and seat their own electors. No legislature has said it would replace its electors.
There remains one last-ditch chance for electoral votes to be tossed. On January 6, the Senate and the House will convene to count the electoral votes and officially declare the winner of the election. The joint session of Congress is required by law to ratify presidential results, but also allows "members to object to the returns from any individual state as they are announced," according to the Congressional Research Service (CRS).
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