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A sign at a rally as the Board of State Canvassers voted on Nov. 23, 2020, to certify the 2020 election in Okemos, Mich. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP/Getty Images

No, local election officials can’t block certification of results – there are plenty of legal safeguards

Derek T. Muller, University of Notre Dame

Concerns are mounting that some election officials might subvert the results of the 2024 presidential election by refusing to certify results. An election law expert says the law now prevents that.
Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, center, of the North Carolina Supreme Court swears in state presidential electors to cast their votes on Dec. 14, 2020. AP Photo/Gerry Broome

2020’s ‘fake elector’ schemes will be harder to try in 2024 – but not impossible

Derek T. Muller, University of Notre Dame

In the 2020 presidential election, groups of self-appointed electors in seven states met to cast votes for Donald Trump, even though Joe Biden had carried their states. Could that happen again?
Reps. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., center, and Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, right, take cover as protesters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote on Jan. 6, 2021. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Congress passes legislation that will close off presidential election mischief and help avoid another Jan. 6

Derek T. Muller, University of Iowa

Weaknesses in the law governing how elections are run and votes counted in Congress led to the Jan. 6 insurrection. An election law scholar analyzes legislation just passed to fix those problems.

Related Topics

  1. 2020 US elections
  2. 2024 US presidential election
  3. Democracy
  4. Election officials
  5. Election results
  6. Electoral College
  7. Electoral Count Act
  8. Fake electors
  9. Jan. 6 hearings
  10. January 6 US Capitol attack

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