Justice Certifies W.Va.’s General Election Results

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West Virginia’s four electoral votes were cast for Donald Trump and J.D. Vance Tuesday. 

Gov. Jim Justice certified the results of the 2024 General Election Tuesday afternoon. He was joined in the state capitol by the four Presidential Electors selected by the Republican Party of West Virginia for the ceremony.

Americans technically vote for electors committed to supporting their choice for president and vice president in the Electoral College, and not directly for the candidates.

“The certification is certifying the overseeing and signing off of West Virginia’s general election results and everything,” Justice said in a press briefing ahead of the ceremony. “It’s the official thing that we’ve got to do about our Electoral College votes and everything, so I’ll be taking care of that.”

The votes, along with certified electoral votes from all U.S. states and Washington, D.C. will now go to Congress, where a joint session will convene on Jan. 6 to count the Electoral College votes and announce the winner of the election. 

West Virginia was one of seven states that lost a Congressional seat – and therefore an Electoral Vote – after the 2020 Census, dropping West Virginia’s votes from five to four.

Author: Chris Schulz

Chris is WVPB's North Central/Morgantown Reporter and covers the education beat. Chris spent two years as the digital media editor at The Dominion Post newspaper in Morgantown. Before coming to West Virginia, he worked in immigration advocacy and education in the Washington, D.C. region. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland and received a Masters in Journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.

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