Biden Wins the 2020 Presidential Election: What Happens Next?
Former Vice President Joe Biden has been declared the winner of the presidential election by the Associated Press. Some votes remain to be counted and lawsuits have been filed over some ballot counting. Still, the results won’t be set in stone until states and the Electoral College follow a set of well-established protocols. What are these protocols, and what, if any, opportunities does President Trump’s campaign have to continue contesting the results?
Several states allow campaigns to request recounts or trigger recounts automatically if the difference in votes for candidates falls within a certain margin. The Trump campaign has already said it would request one in Wisconsin, where Mr. Trump trails by about 20,000 votes. In Georgia, where Mr. Biden’s lead is narrower, the state’s top election official said a recount would be conducted. States also have a patchwork of ways to deal with alleged voting irregularities.
States are supposed to resolve any outstanding issues about results by Dec. 8, the deadline for states to certify their electoral votes and the electors who will cast them in the Electoral College. Each party chooses a slate of electors—often before the election—and the electors pledge to vote for their party’s candidate if their slate is sent to the Electoral College for certification.
The governor then certifies the election results and the winning party’s slate of electors who will be sent to the meeting of the Electoral College. The electors meet in the capitals of their respective states on Dec. 14 and vote to finalize their state’s election results.
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