Under Wisconsin law, an "aggrieved" candidate can request a recount if they received within 1% of the winner's vote total. The loser can file a petition for a recount no later than 5 p.m. on the first business day after the state election commission has received final results from all ...
Biden secured more than 81 million votes—the highest popular vote total in U.S. history—and won the Electoral College 306 to 232.67Kamala Harris, his running mate, became the first woman, Black person, and Asian American to serve as vice president. Major Policies and Initiatives During his ...
Correction: An earlier version misstated Biden's electoral vote total. He would have 273 electoral votes if he wins in Pennsylvania. Thu, Nov 5 202011:10 AM EST Georgia has about 60,000 ballots left to tally, state election officials say watch now VIDEO03:20 Georgia election official announce...
voters don't actually do so. Instead, each of the 50 states and Washington D.C. are allocated a certain number of electors based on a state's total number of senators and House members in Congress. On election day, voters actually vote for the electors that will later cast their ballot...
George W. Bush, and Donald Trump. Votes in small states have more power than those in large states, and electors themselves can vote for a candidate that didn't win the vote in their state. Some critics have called for the Electoral College to be abolished due to these complicating factor...
The total vote count for Trump remains at 214. He refused to concede the election, saying "the simple fact is this election is far from over" in the statement and vowed to start "prosecuting our case in court to ensure election laws are fully upheld", as soon as ...
The call adds six Electoral College votes to Biden's column, giving him a current total of 279, compared with 214 for Trump. Biden had already passed the 270-vote threshold of victory earlier Saturday when NBC projected him the winner of Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes. ...
The Trump campaign filed a long-shot lawsuit in the Wisconsin Supreme Court today, seeking to remove over 221,000 votes from Wisconsin’s certified presidential election vote total. The Wisconsin Supreme Court must accept the case in order for it to go forward. ...
The GOP primary is expected to garner much higher turnout and more attention than Saturday's vote. Unlike the Republican battle, the Democratic primary has, so far, been notable for its civility. "Congratulations, Mr. President, on a good old fashioned whooping," Phillips wrot...
In this image from video, the vote total of 50-49 on Senate passage of the COVID-19 relief bill, is displayed on screen in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, March 6, 2021.Senate Television via AP Unlike the gingerly approach to easing restrictions targeting the sp...