Electoral College meet to officially confirm election victory for Joe Biden
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Electoral College meet to officially confirm election victory for Joe Biden

THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE met on Monday to formally confirm Joe Biden's US election victory.

Monday is the day set by law for the meeting of the College.

Electors from all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, to officially cast their ballots.

The results will then be sent to Washington and will be counted in a joint session of Congress over which Vice President Mike Pence will preside on January 6.

Mr Biden is expected to address the nation once the College votes have officially been cast.

Usually the Electoral College vote typically goes under the radar, but because Donald Trump has not conceded defeat yet, the elector's votes have drawn more attention.

Mr Trump continues to claim that last month's presidential election was rigged in order to secure Mr Biden's victory, and has tried to bring his claims to the Supreme Court, but to no avail.

"I worry about the country having an illegitimate president, that's what I worry about," Trump told Fox News on Saturday.

"[I worry about the United States having] a president that lost and lost badly."

Following weeks of Republican legal challenges that were easily dismissed by judges, Mr Trump and Republican allies tried to persuade the Supreme Court last week to set aside 62 electoral votes for Mr Biden in four states, which might have thrown the outcome into doubt.

The justices rejected the effort on Friday.

Mr Biden won 306 electoral votes to 232 votes for Mr Trump. It takes 270 votes to be elected.