{"id":2023,"date":"2020-12-13T20:07:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T20:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.comandantetchao.net\/wp\/?p=2023"},"modified":"2020-12-13T21:07:09","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T21:07:09","slug":"cnn-a-step-by-step-guide-to-mondays-electoral-college-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.comandantetchao.net\/wp\/?p=2023","title":{"rendered":"CNN-A step-by-step guide to Monday’s Electoral College vote"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Zachary B. Wolf, CNN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Updated 11:21 AM ET, Sun December 13, 2020<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN)We’ve known for weeks that Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, but our horse-and-buggy Constitution, written in a time before instant communication, works very slowly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since Election Day on November 3, all 50 states and the District of Columbia have certified their votes and named slates of electors, who will meet on Monday to formally cast their ballots for President and Vice President — the next step in the process of finalizing Biden’s victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ask your questions about the Electoral College here<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those ballots will be sent to Washington, where they will be counted by Congress on January 6. Once that happens, Biden will be inaugurated the 46th President on January 20 at noon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The system has been refined in the Constitution and detailed in US law over the last 200-plus years, but hasn’t seen a major overhaul since the 1870s, when the transcontinental railroad and the telegraph were on the cutting edge of technology and innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a look at what will happen on Monday and why. Much of this refers to the very detailed website maintained by the National Archives and the Federal Register, which help states coordinate the process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lire la Suite:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Je vous jure que ce n’est pas toujours facile de faire preuve d’independance
dans le domaine des medias.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dans un tout autre ordre d’idee il paraitrait que le PM du Canada s’est exprime publiquement dans les medias a propos de la sentence de mort infligee a un journaliste en Iran\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ici, au Canada, la peine de mort est abolie depuis des decennies. Mais
ce qui m’intrigue, et ici, c’est que la position du PM ne semble pas
coherente, stable dans le temps\u2026 voici une anecdote\u2026(*)<\/p>\n\n\n\n