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Joe Biden's bday is Nov 20th
Just asking....
TexasBushwhacker
(20,148 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)Close enough. 💙
Grins
(7,199 posts)Grins
(7,199 posts)unblock
(52,126 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,008 posts)Hoping for wonderful presents for them.
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)Details here: https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/the-electoral-college.aspx
The Electoral College in 2020
The following is a summary of how the Electoral College will work in the 2020 presidential election:
Spring and Summer 2020: Nomination of Electors.
Nov. 3, 2020: Election Day.
Dec. 8, 2020: Deadline for Resolving Election Disputes. All state recounts and court contests over presidential election results must be completed by this date. (3 U.S.C. § 5). For the majority of states the date of certification is the same as for all contests, but in eight states there is a deadline that either directly references 3 USC §5 or uses similar language, requiring that disputes surrounding the selection of presidential electors be resolved in time to meet the safe harbor deadline: Indiana, Iowa, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. For detailed information on state post-election processes, please visit this page.
Dec. 14, 2020: Meeting of the Electors. The electors meet in each state and cast their ballots for president and vice president. Each elector votes on his or her own ballot and signs it. The ballots are immediately transmitted to various people: one copy goes to the president of the U.S. Senate (who is also the vice president of the United States); this is the copy that will be officially counted later. Other copies go to the state's secretary of state, the National Archives and Records Administration, and the presiding judge in the district where the electors meet (this serves as a backup copy that would replace the official copy sent to the president of the Senate if it is lost or destroyed).
Dec. 23, 2020: Deadline for Receipt of Ballots. The electors' ballots from all states must be received by the president of the Senate by this date. There is no penalty for missing this deadline.
Jan. 6, 2021: Counting of the Electoral Ballots. The U.S. Congress meets in joint session to count the electoral votes. The president-elect becomes the president of the United States.
Budi
(15,325 posts)Final certification is Jan 6th by Congress.
2 weeks later Biden takes the oath.
Wounded Bear
(58,605 posts)which then kicks off the above schedule for the Electoral College and Congress to finalize things.
Budi
(15,325 posts)👍
unblock
(52,126 posts)As the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December, in this case, December 14.
Basically everything prior to that is up to the states.
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