It's Official: Joe Biden elected as 46th president of the US, gets ready to enter White House

WASHINGTON: The Electoral College on Monday formally declared Joe Biden as the next president of the United States, giving him an electoral majority of 306 votes and confirming his victory in last month’s election.

Announcing the victory, newly elected President Joe Biden tweeted, “It’s official, folks. Tune in as I deliver remarks on today’s electoral college vote certification and the strength and resilience of our democracy.”

Biden further tweeted, “In America, politicians don’t take power — the people grant it to them. The flame of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago. And we now know that nothing — not even a pandemic or an abuse of power — can extinguish that flame.”

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The state-by-state voting took on added importance this year because of President Donald Trump's refusal to concede he had lost.

California’s 55 electoral votes put Biden over the top. Vermont with 3 votes was the first state to report.

“Once again in America, the rule of law, our Constitution, and the will of the people have prevailed. Our democracy — pushed, tested, threatened — proved to be resilient, true, and strong,” Biden said in an evening speech in which he stressed the size of his win and the record 81 million people who voted for him.

He renewed his campaign promise to be a president for all Americans, whether they voted for him or not, and said the country has hard work ahead on the virus and economy.

But there was no concession from the White House, where Trump has continued to make unsupported allegations of fraud.

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