A little after 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time, on Monday, December 14, 2020, Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. crossed the 270 Electoral Vote threshold, needed to officially be declared the 46th President.
California cast its 55 votes to make it so..
Ballots were cast by 538 members of the Electoral College.
This was the penultimate step in confirming President-Elect Biden’s victory over Donald Trump in the November 2020 election.
Biden will be inaugurated on Wednesday. January 20, 2021.