The president-elect says democracy has been ‘pushed, tested, threatened’ by President Trump and his baseless claims of a rigged election, but it proved to be ‘resilient, true, and strong.’
Election 2020
Maine’s presidential electors cast votes in divided outcome
Joe Biden took 3 of Maine’s 4 electoral votes, and President Trump took the other because he carried the 2nd Congressional District.
Attorney General William Barr to step down before Christmas, Trump says
The president has been unhappy since his attorney general announced that the Justice Department found no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
Early in-person voting begins in Georgia Senate runoffs
Early in-person voting could be even more important in the Jan. 5 runoffs because of the short time frame for voters to request and send back ballots by mail.
National lawyers group seeks to sanction Texas AG, colleagues who sued to overturn Biden’s win
The nonpartisan Lawyers Defending American Democracy said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Republican state attorneys general filed an ‘abusive lawsuit’ that pushed groundless theories that erode confidence in vital institutions.
Electoral College makes it official: Biden is the next president
The results will be sent to Washington and tallied Jan. 6 in a joint session of Congress over which Vice President Mike Pence will preside.
GOP voters ready for Georgia runoffs despite Trump’s claims
There’s little sign that the president’s supporters are planning to stay home Jan. 5 in protest.
Georgia high court rejects latest Trump election appeal
Justices write that ‘petitioners have not shown that this is one of those extremely rare cases that would invoke our original jurisdiction.’
Supreme Court rejects lawsuit backed by Trump challenging Biden’s election victory
The order marks the second time this week that the court has rebuffed Republican requests that it get involved in the 2020 election outcome.
Hundreds of Republicans in Congress sign on to Texas-led election lawsuit
The Texas lawsuit asking the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate the will of voters in 4 other states has quickly become a conservative litmus test.