Once votes are counted, it's up to the state election officials to certify that the results are accurate. The deadlines for states to certify the official vote tallies are staggered. Delaware comes first, and must certify its votes by Nov. 7. The key battleground state of Georgia must certify its results by Nov. 23, followed by Michigan on Nov. 25 and North Carolina and Nevada on Nov. 26.
In most states, it's winner-take-all. That means the state popular vote determines whom all of a state's electors will ultimately support. The candidate who secures 270 of the state electoral votes will be named President. But there are a few more steps before that can happen, including having governors formally appoint the winning candidate's electors.
If there is no clear winner projected by Nov. 11, federal agencies are required to begin briefing both the Harris and Trump campaign teams separately on each agency's most pressing work and the key roles that need to be filled.
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