Pennsylvania and Nevada have certified their election results, showing President-elect Joe Biden as the winner there, while North Carolina certified that President Donald Trump won in that state.
North Carolina's election board certified the state's presidential vote totals on Tuesday, awarding the state's 15 electoral votes to President Donald Trump.
Pennsylvania finalized Biden as winner of that state's 20 electoral votes, the state's governor said on Tuesday, cementing Biden's victory in the key political battleground state.
Governor Tom Wolf tweeted that the Pennsylvania Department of State had 'certified' the results of the November 3 vote, after Michigan did the same on Monday, in the latest setback to Trump's attempts to overturn his defeat.
'As required by federal law, I've signed the Certificate of Ascertainment for the slate of electors for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris,' Wolf wrote, referring to Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes.
Biden won the state by 81,000 votes out of some 6.9 million cast. Trump had taken the state by 44,000 votes over Hillary Clinton in 2016.
The Nevada Supreme Court signed the canvassing for each county prior to official certification of the results.
Biden is projected to secure 306 electoral college votes to Trump's 232, making the Democrat the winner of the election.
States are scheduled to certify their results by December 8, ahead of the Electoral College meeting on December 14.
Trump had made Pennsylvania, one of the states he needed to win reelection, a key part of his failed legal attempts to overturn his election defeat.
He has claimed, without proof, that he was defeated due to fraudulent voting and counting practices in several states.
Over the weekend a Pennsylvania judge rejected a legal challenge submitted by the Trump campaign which sought to nullify millions of votes.
And the Pennsylvania Supreme Court turned back another Trump challenge Monday over counting mailed votes where the ballots were not completed perfectly.
Michigan's Board of State Canvassers officially certified Biden's win on Monday after he topped Trump by nearly 156,000 votes out of the 5.5 million cast.
Georgia certified Biden's victory there on Friday after a recount, but will undertake another machine review of the ballots at the Trump campaign's request. Almost no one expects a different result.
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