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NRI Latest News: Donald Trump wrote a populist script, an unprecedented and forceful political comeback to the White House on Wednesday, but he will likely not be President till the new year.
So it may take more weeks before Trump gets sworn in as the 47th President of the United States while all those papers fall into place in counting the ballots. He has won more than 270 electoral votes, but an examination is also considered in order to find out who obtained the most electoral college votes.
The Electoral College states that when a voter votes, the ballot helps decide which electors the state will have; it does not mean that voters are actually voting for the President, but instead informing the state whom they want to vote for at the meeting of the electors.
The states then appoint their electors based on the outcome of the general election, popularly called. The state political party of the winner selects the electors.
The following are some important dates after election night:
Electoral votes certification: According to a story published by Time, state election officials confirm if the results are correct. According to the US Election Assistance Commission, Delaware will be first with their report on November 23. Coming immediately after is the most crucial battleground state of Georgia, followed by Michigan on November 25, and North Carolina and Nevada on November 26. Wisconsin will certify electoral college results on the first day of December while Arizona will do so on the second day of that same month. No date has been set for the certification of Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
November 11: Presidential transition briefings take place if no candidate has received enough votes by this date. In case that is the scenario, federal agencies will have to begin briefing both the Kamala Harris and Donald Trump campaign teams separately on their urgent work and key positions to be filled.
November 26: Trump is scheduled for sentencing in the case of his alleged hush money payments in New York. He has been restored to the White House as a convicted felon and is still fighting to avert prosecution in other state as well as federal cases. That is, by any measure, a rare circumstance because never before had a criminal defendant been elected to the nation’s highest office, just as no former president had ever been criminally charged until last year. His lawyers, however, are expected to request before the judge to postpone his sentencing as he is now elected president.
December 11: States shall make and do the certificates of ascertainment, at least six days before meeting of the electors. The Electoral College argues the state’s executive prepares seven certificates of ascertainment. Immediately after the election results in a state are certified, the executive sends one of those original certificates of ascertainment to the Archivist.
December 17: Electors meet and vote in their respective states for President and Vice President on two separate ballots. This falls on the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday of December of the election year. For 2024, it will be December 17. The electoral college votes are recorded on six certificates of vote, matched up against the remaining six certificates of ascertainment. They sign, seal up and certificate six sets of electoral votes-one set consisting of one certificate of ascertainment and one certificate of vote.
December 25: The electoral votes are received by the President of the Senate and the Archivist, no later than the fourth Wednesday in December. If votes are lost or delayed, extraordinary measures can be taken by the Archivist to obtain the duplicate originals.
