A projected winner is normally announced on election night, but the actual Electoral College vote happens in December when the electors meet in their states.
Until the electoral votes are officially cast, the president hasn’t actually been elected.
It’s seen as more of a formality, as electors respect their state’s voters and the conclusion they came to in November the vast majority of the time.
In most states, there are laws in place which forbid electoral voters from straying from their state’s favoured winner.
However, there have been instances where so-called “faithless electors” go against their state’s preferred vote, though it has never changed the outcome of an election.
In early January, Congress meets in a joint session to count the electoral votes. The vice president – in this case, Ms Harris – presides over the count and announces who has been elected as the president and vice president.
The winners are referred to as the president-elect and vice president-elect up until their inauguration later in January.
It’s at the inauguration that the pair are sworn into office and enter the White House to kick off their four-year term.
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