“The electoral college convened in all 50 states Tuesday to elect Donald Trump to be the 47th president of the United States over Vice President Kamala Harris by a vote of 312 to 226,” the Washington Post reports.
“The gatherings unfolded uneventfully, unlike four years ago, when alternate electors for Trump convened in seven states that he had lost and where governors had certified the results for Joe Biden.”
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