President-elect Trump seals Electoral College victory to become 47th US president

While the Electoral College confirmed the election results, Democrat senators proposed a constitutional amendment to abolish the body, alleging that it benefits conservative states more than Democratic-run ones, the outlet reported. Since Trump won the popular vote on Nov. 5, the outcome of the presidential election would not have changed if such an amendment had already been in place. The proposal likely has a limited chance of securing enough votes to pass in both the House and Senate. Removing the Electoral College would shrink the role of smaller population states and lead to a majority rule by coastal states with massive cities, which lean Democrat.

The electoral ballots will now be sent to Washington, D.C., for certification. The outlet reported that no electors from either Party dissented from voting to certify the 2024 election results.

In 2022, bipartisan legislation was approved to make it more difficult to challenge state voters. The Electoral Count Reform Act prohibits the vice president, who is in charge of the vote-certification process, from rejecting disruptive electors. Furthermore, the threshold for filing an objection has been raised, requiring the backing of one-fifth of each chamber before proceeding to a vote. Historically, the losing party has used the Jan. 6 certification ceremonies to lament their candidate's loss. For example, in 2017, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) objected to certifying Trump's win, stating that “10 of the 29 electoral votes cast by Florida were cast by electors not lawfully certified.”

Trump urged his congressional supporters to contest his 2020 Electoral College loss by claiming that officials illegally extended the deadlines for voter registrations and mail-in voting. Additionally, he tried to unsuccessfully persuade Mike Pence, the vice president at the time, to unilaterally return state elector states for additional examination.