The Electoral College will take another a step toward making the 2020 election results official. On Monday, 538 electors will meet in their respective state capitols and cast their votes.
The results from the Nov. 3 general election had Joe Biden getting 306 electoral votes while Donald Trump got 232. The votes cast Monday will be formally counted during a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6.
Channel 2′s Richard Elliot is at the Georgia State Capitol, where Georgia’s 16 electors will meet.
Georgia’s Democratic Electors are Congresswoman-Elect Nikema Williams, Stacey Abrams, State Rep. Bob Trammell, State Sen. Steve Henson, State Sen. Gloria Butler, State Rep. Calvin Smyre, State Rep. Pedro Marin, Savannah Mayor Van Johnson, Rome City Commissioner Wendy Davis, District Attorney-elect Deborah Gonzalez, civil rights activist Bobby Fuse, Sachin Varghese, Houston County Democratic Party Chair Fenika Miller, Georgia Young Democrats President Rachel Paule, former Atlanta City Councilwoman Cathy Woolard, and Mr. Ben Myers.
There are also three appointed alternates: Alaina Reaves, Bianca Keaton, and Jason Esteves.
This is the first time since President Bill Clinton in 1992 that the state electors will vote Democrat.
Channel 2 Action News spoke with Woolard about Georgia’s historic flip.
“It’s really exciting. I’ve never been an elector before, I’ve been working in politics my whole career,” Woolard told Channel 2 Action News. “When I said I’d be an elector, I didn’t know if I’d get to cast that vote or not. So it’s doubly exciting to actually cast that vote.”
Woolard told Channel 2 that she is honored to be an elector, but knows the ceremony will be different than it has in years past.
COVID-19 guidelines mean elector are not allowed to take guests and social distancing will be followed.
“I think it’s going to be a little more subdued than it normally would have been,” Woolard said. “There’s not really going to be a lot of pomp and circumstance.”
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