Deadlines for Each State to Certify the Election

[W_Heisenberg]

Posting this as a thread so we can all keep track of when each state certifies their election results.

a lot of states have statutory requirements for when certification has to happen. They better hurry with those challenges... I put together a handy table of when the certifications are required by law.

Delaware	11/5/20
Louisiana	11/10/20
Oklahoma	11/10/20
South Dakota	11/10/20
Vermont	11/10/20
South Carolina	11/11/20
Wyoming	11/11/20
Mississippi	11/13/20
Virginia	11/16/20
Florida	11/17/20
Arkansas	11/18/20
Idaho	11/18/20
Massachusetts	11/18/20
Georgia	11/20/20
North Dakota	11/20/20
Kentucky	11/23/20
Maine	11/23/20
Michigan	11/23/20
Pennsylvania	11/23/20
Utah	11/23/20
District of Columbia	11/24/20
Indiana	11/24/20
Minnesota	11/24/20
New Mexico	11/24/20
North Carolina	11/24/20
Ohio	11/24/20
Alabama	11/25/20
Alaska	11/25/20
Arizona	11/30/20
Colorado	11/30/20
Iowa	11/30/20
Montana	11/30/20
Nebraska	11/30/20
Kansas	12/1/20
Nevada	12/1/20
Wisconsin	12/1/20
Connecticut	12/3/20
Oregon	12/3/20
Texas	12/3/20
Washington	12/3/20
West Virginia	12/3/20
Illinois	12/4/20
New York	12/7/20
Maryland	12/8/20
Missouri	12/8/20
New Jersey	12/8/20
California	12/11/20
American Samoa	Not specified
Guam	Not specified
Hawaii	Not specified
New Hampshire	Not specified
Northern Mariana Islands	Not specified
Puerto Rico	Not specified
Rhode Island	Not specified
Tennessee	Not specified
U.S. Virgin Islands	Not specified

 

[BlueTex]

Keep these dates in mind when talking about the shade, sorry, I mean legal challenges the Trump campaign is attempting to pursue... Once the election in a state is certified, it's over..

Key dates:
Pennsylvania. 11/23. 13 days till certification
Georgia. 11/20. 10 days till certification
Michigan 11/23. 13 days till certification

 

[W_Heisenberg]

Keep these dates in mind when talking about the shade, sorry, I mean legal challenges the Trump campaign is attempting to pursue... Once the election in a state is certified, it's over..

Key dates:
Pennsylvania. 11/23. 13 days till certification
Georgia. 11/20. 10 days till certification
Michigan 11/23. 13 days till certification

Thank you.

 

[jonny5]

Keep these dates in mind when talking about the shade, sorry, I mean legal challenges the Trump campaign is attempting to pursue... Once the election in a state is certified, it's over..

Key dates:
Pennsylvania. 11/23. 13 days till certification
Georgia. 11/20. 10 days till certification
Michigan 11/23. 13 days till certification

Not necessarily. We have checks and balances and the courts can check the legislature. Furthermore, the constitution is the supreme law when it comes to declaring the winner.

"Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.

The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President. But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; A quorum for this Purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President."

The states certification is only in the appointment of electors and how they voted. The Senate still has to count the votes and declare the winner for it to be over. Even then the Supreme Court has some power in resolving any conflicts.