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Pennsylvania and Nevada certified their 2020 general election results on Tuesday. The two key states formally awarded election victory to President-elect Joe Biden.
CNN had already cast Biden as the winner in both Pennsylvania, where he led with more than 81,000 votes, and Nevada, where Biden won by more than 33,000 votes, according to the secretary of state's office.
“Today @PAStateDept certified the results of the November 3 elections in Pennsylvania for president and vice president of the United States.
As required by federal law, I signed the verification certificate for the voters list of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, ”wrote Governor Tom Wolf in a Twitter post.
Wolf thanked the election officials for their work.
“Once again I want to thank the election officials who have administered free and fair elections during an incredibly challenging time in the history of our Commonwealth and the country.
Our poll workers have been under constant attack and have performed admirably and honorably, "Wolf added.
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The certification of votes in Pennsylvania came after all 67 counties in the state certified the results of the precincts to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Kathy Boockvar.
Boockvar said the counties submitted their presidential vote totals Monday night.
Appearing before the Nevada Supreme Court on Tuesday morning, Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske officially certified the results of the 2020 Nevada general election.
Cegavske, a Republican, did not verbally acknowledge Biden as the winner of the presidential race.
The Nevada Supreme Court signed the ballot for each county prior to the official certification of the results.
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The states are scheduled to certify their results by December 8, before the Electoral College meeting on December 14.
This Tuesday's certifications followed a dramatic meeting Monday of the Michigan state board of elections, which also voted to certify the results of Biden's election after one of the two Republican board members chose to abstain.
That prompted the state of formal transition procedures by the federal General Services Administration.
- CNN's Augie Martin contributed to this report.
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