The Electoral College – explained 02:56. At state capitols across the U.S. Tuesday, the presidential electors will be gathering to cast their electoral votes, formalizing President-elect Donald ...

Congress is required by law to count the electoral votes on Jan. 6 after each presidential election. However, the date has been temporarily changed by law when Jan. 6 fell on a weekend.

The number of electoral votes each state gets can change after the census every 10 years. It is tied to the number of House members plus two senators each state has in Congress.

Trump, 78, topped the required 270 electoral votes before 4 p.m. as electors convened in statehouses across the country, with Texas sealing his victory.

Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential election and named Kamala Harris as his successor. Here are the key battleground states to win.

How the counting of electoral votes has changed since Jan. 6 In response to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot four years ago, Congress passed new rules to govern the presidential certification process.

The U.S. elects its president using a system called the Electoral College, which grants electoral votes to all 50 states and the District of Columbia based on their population.

The Electoral College convened at the Ohio Statehouse to cast their ballots after Trump and Vance won 55% of the vote in the Nov. 5 election.

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