Electors to cast votes in person

N.Y.’S Electoral College members to meet at Capitol on Monday

Stop us if you've heard this before, but this week there will be a presidential election in the United States between former Vice President Joe Biden and current President Donald J. Trump.

This time, it will be the Electoral College voting, with the members voting according to how the populations in their respective states cast ballots last month.

And despite the fact we're in the midst of an unprecedented global pandemic — with all manners of group gatherings like sporting events, concerts and even family Thanksgivings canceled — New York's Electoral College members will meet in person Monday at the state Capitol building to cast their votes.

Cuomo said that although it “would be common sense” to hold the Electoral College meeting virtually due to COVID -19, the state will proceed with an in-person meeting in the Assembly chamber.

“Now, the conundrum was this: Apparently the law specifically says meet in person at the state Capitol,” Cuomo said Friday. “I don’t want to create any issue for litigation where somebody tries to invalidate the New York election because of this specificity about the in-person in the state Capitol.”

Trump has advanced lawsuits all across the country challenging various aspects of the electoral process, claiming that he would have won the election in a landslide if it had been administered fairly. Independent experts — members of both parties — agree that there's no evidence of structural, widespread voter fraud, that the election was administered fairly, and that the results are clear: Biden won by millions of votes across the country.

Electoral College members will be meeting across the 50 states and the District of Columbia on Monday. Only in Nevada will the meeting be virtual, The New York Times reported.

New York has 29 Electoral College votes, all of which will go to Biden. Its delegates include Cuomo, former President Bill Clinton, former Democratic nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton, union leaders, Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, Comptroller Thomas P. Dinapoli, state Attorney General Letitia James, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-cousins.