The last-ditch effort to sway electors from voting for Trump seemed highly unlikely to succeed in stopping the President-elect from attaining the Oval Office. Had Trump failed to secure the 270 electoral votes needed to win, the Republican-controlled US House of Representatives would have had the final decision, and would likely have voted in Trump’s favor.
With the electoral vote solidified, there are a few more stops along the way before Inauguration Day. States still have to submit a “certificate of vote,” a document that contains a summary of the Electoral College voting, to the Office of the Federal Register by December 28th. On January 6th, in a joint session, Congress will tally the votes and officially announce the winner.
Following the announcement that Texas’ votes had officially put Trump over the necessary 270, the President-elect tweeted, “We did it! Thank you to all of my great supporters, we just officially won the election (despite all of the distorted and inaccurate media).”
