The electoral college doesn't "formalize" a victory.
The electors ARE the election that counts.
WaPo needs to read the constitution.
Yes, I’m getting irritated at the legacy media forcing “President-Elect” into every reference to Biden, and then acting like we are pedantic when we point out he hasn’t been elected to anything yet.
It goes along with the notion that a direct popular vote is the normal method of electing a President, when only a few countries choose their chief executives that way. France, Mexico, and Russia are the only that come to mind.