(November 6, 2020) Since election day in the United States on Tuesday, November 3, the world has watched as keenly as a crowd in Rome’s St. Peter’s Square waiting for the white smoke that signals the election of a new pope. But all we’ve seen coming from the U.S. election chimney is the black smoke indicating a decision has not been reached. At issue are the vote counts of Pennsylvania, Arizona, Nevada, Georgia and North Carolina. The U.S. system involves the Electoral College, which are the only 538 votes a president receives and are assigned by the states depending on the vote count. So, although former Vice President Joe Biden has gained four million more votes than sitting president Donald Trump, he has collected 253 electoral college votes compared to Trump’s 213. He needs 270 electoral college votes to win. Each state has its own rules about who is appointed these “electors.” The Republican Party is trying to stop the vote in some states and continue the vote in others. The president has said on national television, without evidence, that the election is being stolen from him and the mail-in votes currently being counted votes are illegal. Networks found the claim so foul, they immediately cut way from the broadcast.The Charity Report checks in on how some of Canada’s best editorial cartoonists are capturing the anxiety and bafflement of the moment.
Winnipeg Free Press – Malcolm Mayes
Edmonton Sun – Gary Varvel
Hamilton Spectator – Graeme McKay
Toronto Sun – Steve Nease
The Globe and Mail – Brian Gable
Calgary Sun – Susan Dewar
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Hill Times – Michael de Adder
With a huge sigh of gratitude to editorial cartoonists everywhere. ED