We're 22 days from Georgia's Senate run-off election. Here's the news that you'll want to know: (1) electors of the Electoral College meet today across America today
(2) Wisconsin Supreme Court turns down Trump campaign lawsuit in 4-3 decision
(3) Georgia will audit mail-in ballot signatures in Cobb County
And in a milestone moment: first doses of the COVID vaccine are being administered across the country today. (This piece is the best we've found for an overview of the process.) The first U.S. vaccine recipient this morning was a critical care nurse who has been working on the front lines of COVID care this year.
Electors of the Electoral College meet today across America today. "The Constitution says little about how the process should work other than that electors are to meet on the same day across the country. Rather, each state sets its own process, often by law, to govern the meeting of the electors. Most will meet in statehouses at times set out in those laws. Biden will officially pick up the Electoral College majority on Monday afternoon, when California’s 55 electors are set to deliver their votes for him." (POLITICO) • Electors to the Electoral College are meeting across America today, as this part of the election process is in the spotlight as never before. Joe Biden is expected to "officially pick up the Electoral College majority" after California's electors meet.
• Congress will meet on January 6, 2021 "to count and certify the electoral votes" ahead of the inauguration on January 20, 2021. Rep. Mo Brooks (AL) previously said he would challenge the Electoral College results, though a Senator must also join him (or any other House member) in a challenge.
• Trump advisor Stephen Miller told Fox News this morning that there would be alternate delegates elected in multiple states. As The Hill reported: "Miller indicated that Trump supporters will act as 'alternates' in a handful of contested states, including Georgia, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, to submit their own, unofficial results. Should the Trump campaign succeed in overturning the outcome in any of those states, Miller said, the alternate electors could then be recognized by Congress. Nothing in the Constitution or state electoral processes allows for such an 'alternate' slate of electors."
• Joe Biden will deliver a speech at 7:30pm Eastern tonight from Delaware.
Wisconsin Supreme Court turns down Trump campaign lawsuit in 4-3 decision. "'The Campaign is not entitled to relief, and therefore does not succeed in its effort to strike votes and alter the certified winner of the 2020 presidential election,' Justice Brian Hagedorn wrote for the majority." (The Hill) • The Wisconsin Supreme Court decided 4-3 to turn down the Trump campaign's lawsuit to invalidate 220,000 ballots in the state.
• The center of the majority opinion (read it for yourself here): "Our laws allow the challenge flag to be thrown regarding various aspects of election administration. The challenges raised by the Campaign in this case, however, come long after the last play or even the last game; the Campaign is challenging the rulebook adopted before the season began."
• The Trump campaign had previously requested a recount in two Wisconsin counties.
Georgia will audit mail-in ballot signatures in Cobb County. “'I am glad Secretary Raffensperger has finally taken this necessary step to begin restoring confidence in our state’s election processes,' [Georgia Governor] Kemp said in an emailed statement after Raffensperger's announcement." (Associated Press) • Georgia will audit the ballot signatures of absentee ballot envelopes in Cobb County "after receiving a report that officials there may not have properly checked signatures" during the June primary.
• The audit will be finished in an estimated two weeks, and it will include primary and general election ballots.
• The Associated Press has reported that "vote tallies in the presidential election will not change as a result of the audit."
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