<s>
Decision	B-General_Concept
Desk	I-General_Concept
HQ	I-General_Concept
is	O
an	O
American	O
website	O
that	O
focuses	O
on	O
reporting	O
election	O
results	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Decision	B-General_Concept
Desk	I-General_Concept
HQ	I-General_Concept
uses	O
an	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
API	B-Application
)	O
to	O
get	O
election	O
results	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
as	O
they	O
are	O
published	O
on	O
websites	O
provided	O
by	O
election	O
officials	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Decision	B-General_Concept
Desk	I-General_Concept
HQ	I-General_Concept
was	O
the	O
first	O
major	O
election	O
reporting	O
organization	O
to	O
call	O
the	O
2020	O
United	O
States	O
presidential	O
election	O
for	O
Joe	O
Biden	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Decision	B-General_Concept
Desk	I-General_Concept
HQ	I-General_Concept
,	O
originally	O
named	O
Ace	O
of	O
Spades	O
Decision	O
Desk	O
,	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2012	O
by	O
Brandon	O
Finnigan	O
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
what	O
he	O
deemed	O
"	O
slow	O
"	O
election	O
calls	O
by	O
the	O
Associated	O
Press	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
Decision	B-General_Concept
Desk	I-General_Concept
HQ	I-General_Concept
was	O
considered	O
one	O
of	O
nine	O
"	O
official	O
sources	O
"	O
for	O
election	O
results	O
by	O
Twitter	B-Application
and	O
provided	O
election	O
results	O
to	O
The	O
Economist	O
,	O
BuzzFeed	O
,	O
Vox	O
and	O
Business	O
Insider	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Decision	B-General_Concept
Desk	I-General_Concept
HQ	I-General_Concept
was	O
the	O
first	O
major	O
election	O
reporting	O
organization	O
to	O
call	O
the	O
2020	O
United	O
States	O
presidential	O
election	O
for	O
Joe	O
Biden	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
Decision	B-General_Concept
Desk	I-General_Concept
HQs	I-General_Concept
accounting	O
,	O
adding	O
Pennsylvania	O
to	O
Biden	O
's	O
total	O
gave	O
Biden	O
273	O
electoral	O
votes	O
,	O
three	O
over	O
the	O
threshold	O
to	O
make	O
him	O
president-elect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vox	O
,	O
who	O
partnered	O
with	O
Decision	B-General_Concept
Desk	I-General_Concept
HQ	I-General_Concept
,	O
called	O
the	O
election	O
for	O
Biden	O
shortly	O
after	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Statistician	O
Nate	O
Silver	O
praised	O
Decision	B-General_Concept
Desk	I-General_Concept
HQs	I-General_Concept
call	O
and	O
hoped	O
other	O
sources	O
would	O
follow	O
suit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
2022	O
United	O
States	O
elections	O
,	O
Decision	B-General_Concept
Desk	I-General_Concept
HQ	I-General_Concept
provided	O
election	O
data	O
to	O
media	O
outlet	O
NewsNation	O
,	O
ultimately	O
calling	O
control	O
of	O
Congress	O
on	O
November	O
15	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
6:13	O
pm	O
EST	O
,	O
a	O
day	O
before	O
other	O
media	O
outlets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
Decision	B-General_Concept
Desk	I-General_Concept
HQ	I-General_Concept
announced	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Decision	B-General_Concept
Desk	I-General_Concept
HQ	I-General_Concept
News	O
and	O
the	O
subsequent	O
acquisition	O
of	O
its	O
first	O
site	O
:	O
Elections	O
Daily	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
undertakings	O
are	O
designed	O
to	O
expand	O
Decision	B-General_Concept
Desk	I-General_Concept
HQ	I-General_Concept
's	O
local	O
news	O
and	O
international	O
elections	O
coverage	O
.	O
</s>
