{"id":77039,"date":"2020-11-24T18:04:32","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T17:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=77039"},"modified":"2020-11-24T18:04:32","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T17:04:32","slug":"pennsylvania-certifies-biden-as-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/pennsylvania-certifies-biden-as-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania certifies Biden as winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1684260379117904776\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">Democrat Joe Biden has been certified as the winner of the presidential election in Pennsylvania, culminating three weeks of vote counting and a string of failed legal challenges by President Donald Trump, state officials said Tuesday.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Pennsylvania State Department \u201ccertified the results of the November 3 election in Pennsylvania for president and vice president of the United States,\u201d Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, tweeted.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">As required by federal law, I\u2019ve signed the Certificate of Ascertainment for the slate of electors for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris,&#8221; Wolf wrote.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The State Department said Wolf&#8217;s \u201ccertificate of ascertainment\u201d has been sent to the national archivist in Washington. 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