When do states have to certify 2024 election results? Here’s a full list of dates
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With 2024 presidential election results in from all 50 states, now each individual state still must certify their election results and send them to Congress to be counted to make President-elect Donald Trump’s victory official.
The numbers shared on election night and days that followed are not yet certified. That certification process can take days or weeks, depending on the state.
First, votes are confirmed, to make sure that all valid votes are counted. This stage involves reconciling the number of mail, early, overseas and Election Day ballots cast with the number of registered voters — a process also known as canvassing. Many states also do a post-election audit to verify that voting equipment used during the election counted the votes correctly. In extremely close races, a recount may be required, potentially extending the process.
members gather in each state capital in mid-December to cast their state’s electoral votes for president and vice president. This year, that’s set for Tuesday, Dec. 17.
Those ballots are sent to the president of the Senate and the archivist, and then counted by Congress on Jan. 6.
Here is each state’s deadline to certify its election results for the 2024 presidential election, according to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission and state officials.
Dates may change if there are recounts in the state, and some deadlines were tentative or not yet specified.
November 7
November 12
- Oklahoma
- South Dakota
- Vermont
November 13
November 14
- South Carolina
November 19
November 20
November 21
- Louisiana
- Minnesota
November 22
- North Dakota
November 23
November 25
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Michigan
- Tennessee
- Utah
November 26
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Montana
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
November 27
- Alabama
- Connecticut
November 30
- Alaska
- Arkansas
- Hawaii
- Massachusetts
December 1
December 2
- Arizona
- Colorado
- District of Columbia
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Nebraska
- Virginia
December 4
- New Hampshire
December 5
- Maryland
- New Jersey
- Washington
- West Virginia
December 6
- Illinois
- Mississippi
- Ohio
December 7
- California
December 8
December 9
December 12
Not specified
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
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Source: cbsnews.com