WASHINGTON: As Individuals put together to vote on Election Day on Tuesday (Nov 5), officers are calling for endurance as they tally ballots in what might be a traditionally shut presidential race – and warning that it might take days to seek out out who has gained.
Underneath the US system, residents don’t vote instantly for his or her chief. As a substitute, their ballots elect the 538 members of a bunch known as the Electoral School, which then elects the president and vp.
Every state casts its Electoral School votes for the candidate that gained its fashionable vote. Larger states, with extra representatives within the US Congress, get a bigger share of the 538 Electoral School votes on supply.
Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and her Republican rival Donald Trump shall 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 12 months’s race taking place to the wire, specialists level to a rising threat of delays and problems like authorized challenges over the vote depend.
Round 81 million folks have voted forward of Tuesday, over half of the entire ballots forged in 2020.
