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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. Finally, once those steps are complete, the vote is certified. Each state has a different deadline for when its election officials must issue a written statement attesting to the validity of the results.
After that, Electoral College 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 Delaware November 12 Oklahoma South Dakota Vermont November 13 Wyoming November 14 South Carolina November 19 Florida November 20 Missouri November 21 Louisiana Minnesota November 22 North Dakota November 23 Georgia 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 Wisconsin 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 Texas December 9 New York December 12 Oregon Not specified Pennsylvania Rhode Island Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com. A graduate of New York University's Arthur L.
Carter School of Journalism, she previously worked at NBC News' TODAY Digital. She covers current events, breaking news and issues including substance use..
