Following weeks of contests over Joe Biden’s election win in several key states, the Electoral College confirmed Biden as President-elect when it convened Dec 14.
President Trump has repeatedly contested this year’s election results, which relied on an unprecedented number of mail-in ballots as a result of the Coronavirus outbreak. However, most of the lawsuits filed by his campaign were dismissed by the courts as lacking sufficient evidence, and Biden maintained his win in all five contested swing states.
One high profile challenge filed in Pennsylvania, with GOP candidate for Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District, Sean Parnell, among the plaintiffs, was dismissed by the United States Supreme Court just days before the Electoral College delegates pledged their votes.
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