Today the US Congress confirmed the electoral college votes, is there still a chance for Mr. Trump?

The event is expected to last longer than usual as many Republicans have vowed to contest his victory.Joe Biden.

Certifying the results of the electoral college vote count is required by the US Constitution but is usually a formality.

The electors officially cast their votes on December 14, and Mr. Biden defeated Mr. Trump by a margin of 306 to 232. In the 2016 election, Mr. Trump also won the popular vote, which he described as a “landslide.” But this year, Mr. Biden also won the popular vote, winning 7 million more votes than his opponent.

Some Republican lawmakers plan to use Congress’s January 6 vote count to object to Mr. Biden’s victory in several swing states, helping Mr. Trump stay in the White House for another term.

Those protests will fail, but they could turn what would normally be a quick event into one that lasts for hours, even days, says NBC News reporter Dareh Gregorian. He outlines the possibilities involved:

What's going to happen?

Under federal law, January 6 is the day the Electoral College votes that determine the next president of the United States are counted in a joint session of Congress. The process is presided over by the president of the Senate, in this case Vice President Mike Pence.

The vice president will open the sealed certificates in alphabetical order and hand them to one of four "scrutineers" - one Republican and one Democrat from each house of Congress - who will review the certificates and announce the states' vote counts.

This process continues uninterrupted until all votes are announced and counted, unless there is an accepted objection.

For a state's objection to a vote to be considered, the objection must be presented in writing and signed by at least one member of the House and one member of the Senate.

There has only been one time since the Electoral Count Act was enacted in 1887 that an entire state’s electoral college has been challenged. That’s expected to happen for the second time today (January 6) — when dozens of House Republicans announced plans to object to votes from swing states won by Mr. Biden.

If a state's vote is challenged, the vote count is halted. The two chambers split and have two hours to deliberate. They then vote on whether to accept the challenge and reject the state's vote.

Since the Electoral Count Act was passed more than 130 years ago, there has never been a state’s vote rejected. If it happened today, a majority of both the House and Senate would have to vote to accept the objection. If one chamber votes to throw out the state’s votes and the other chamber does not vote, the objection would not be accepted.

If the objection is accepted, Congress will convene a joint session and continue counting the votes. If there is a formal objection to another state's vote, the process will repeat.

In 2005, the objection to Ohio’s electoral college, and the vote on the objection, lasted nearly three hours. This year, if Trump’s allies object to the vote in all six states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — the vote count could stretch into January 7.

Democrats have a majority in the House of Representatives and are expected to unite against any challenge. The Senate is also unlikely to support any objection. Republicans have a majority in that chamber and several of their senators have previously spoken out against rejecting any state's votes.

“I think what they have to remember is that it’s not going anywhere,” Sen. John Thune told reporters in December.

What are the chances for Mr. Trump?

While it is unlikely that a single state’s vote will be challenged, some Trump allies are still hoping that multiple states’ electoral votes will be thrown out, bringing Biden’s tally below the 270 needed to win. If the challenge in all six states is successful, Biden would lose his 79 electoral votes, which would require the House of Representatives to choose the next president.

Under the 12th Amendment, each state's congressional delegation gets one vote. While Democrats have a majority in the House, Republicans control a majority of the delegation, meaning Mr. Trump has a chance to "get re-elected."

PresidentDonald Trumpis now pushing this vision that many consider "unrealistic." He also called on his supporters to gather in Washington on January 6 to express their stance. The US leader also urged his "deputy" Mike Pence to act, although the Constitution stipulates that his role is to open the vote certificates and the Electoral Count Act allows him to preside over the procedures and announce the final results./.