WASHINGTON: As People put together to vote on Election Day on Tuesday (Nov 5), officers are calling for endurance as they tally ballots in what may very well be a traditionally shut presidential race – and warning that it might take days to seek out out who has gained.
Beneath the US system, residents don’t vote instantly for his or her chief. As an alternative, their ballots elect the 538 members of a bunch referred to as the Electoral Faculty, which then elects the president and vp.
Every state casts its Electoral Faculty votes for the candidate that gained its fashionable vote. Greater states, with extra representatives within the US Congress, get a bigger share of the 538 Electoral Faculty votes on provide.
Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and her Republican rival Donald Trump will likely be vying to get to the all-important 270 votes that pushes them previous the midway mark and ensures them the keys to the Oval Workplace.
However with this yr’s race taking place to the wire, consultants level to a rising danger of delays and issues like authorized challenges over the vote rely.
Round 81 million folks have voted forward of Tuesday, over half of the overall ballots solid in 2020.
