Pennsylvania certifies Biden as winner of presidential election

[George II]

Source: Associated Press

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden has been certified as the winner of the presidential election in Pennsylvania, culminating three weeks of vote counting and a string of failed legal challenges by President Donald Trump, state officials said Tuesday.

The Pennsylvania State Department “certified the results of the November 3 election in Pennsylvania for president and vice president of the United States,” Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, tweeted.

“As required by federal law, I’ve signed the Certificate of Ascertainment for the slate of electors for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris,” Wolf wrote.

The State Department said Wolf’s “certificate of ascertainment” has been sent to the national archivist in Washington. Pennsylvania’s electors, a mix of elected Democrats, party activists and other staunch Biden backers, will meet in the state Capitol on Dec. 14.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-pennsylvania-elections-8a61a1609d7a0d60c1db13fa8e7c3019

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Source updated to Associated Press (sorry for using NY Post at first)

The pieces are all falling into place.

[George II]

2. Thanks. AP just posted it too, I changed the source.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Inquirer article

Pennsylvania just certified its presidential election results, officially declaring Joe Biden the winner



Pennsylvania’s top elections official certified the state’s presidential election results on Tuesday, officially declaring Joe Biden the winner and paving the way for him to receive the state’s 20 Electoral College votes next month.

Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar made the final vote counts official, three weeks after the Nov. 3 election: Biden received 3,458,229 votes, 80,555 more than President Donald Trump’s 3,377,674 votes.

Gov. Tom Wolf then signed the Certificate of Ascertainment to name the 20 Biden electors who will meet in Harrisburg on Dec. 14.

“Today’s certification is a testament to the incredible efforts of our local and state election officials, who worked tirelessly to ensure Pennsylvania had a free, fair and accurate process that reflects the will of the voters,” Wolf said in a statement.

https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/pennsylvania-certification-2020-presidential-election-vote-20201124.html

Link to tweet

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Governor Tom Wolf
@GovernorTomWolf
Today @PAStateDept certified the results of the November 3 election in Pennsylvania for president and vice president of the United States.

As required by federal law, I’ve signed the Certificate of Ascertainment for the slate of electors for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
10:49 AM · Nov 24, 2020

[orwell]

4. Here ya go...

[George II]

5. Beautiful! You know, I've used that song by Orbison several times in the past. Thanks!

[Initech]

6. Game over! Again!

[marybourg]

7. Our institutions were sorely tried, but they held up!

[IsItJustMe]

9. I don't know if it can happen, especially in this environment,

but our voting system needs a serious overhaul. It was created in the early days of this country. That was before mass transit, mass communication, and the internet.

It blows my mind, something I never knew, that state electors can possibly vote for someone who did not win their state. That state legislatures can possible change their electors. Something very wrong with that and is the antithesis of democracy.

[marybourg]

12. Well, it was meant to protect us from a tRump.

Unfortunately there were no more old-fashioned "statesmen" willing to stand up. And the Supreme Court has ruled against " faithless electors" anyway. As far as I can see, there was some luck involved, but it did all work.

[gademocrat7]

8. Decency and honor being restored

to the Presidency at last.

[Baclava]

10. BOOM! The Kraken has landed! It's biblical, lololololol

[iluvtennis]

11. woohoo

[LiberalFighter]

13. By my math that only leaves Arizona and Wisconsin which went for Trump in 2016 left.

That is only 21 electoral votes and Trump would need Biden to lose 37 electoral votes to win.

[IsItJustMe]

15. How right you are. Big relief huh?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pennsylvania-certifies-biden-winner-driving-161850233.html

[obamanut2012]

16. AZ is Monday

[SheltieLover]

14. Awesome!

[jmowreader]

17. You do realize...

Trump is still sitting over there screaming that he’s the real winner of the election.

It’s like that scene in Downfall all the kids use in their parodies, except it’s in English and Bruno Ganz has better hair and makeup.

[Marthe48]

18. Savoring the victory

even if it took so long to get verified. Congratulations, President Biden!

And suck it, impeached traitor.

[riversedge]

19. One more for the win!