# By this point, which states have NOT certified yet?

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**Created:** [December 4, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-this-point-which-states-have-not-certified-yet/927173 "2020-12-04T05:02:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-this-point-which-states-have-not-certified-yet/927173/1 "2020-12-04T05:02:07Z")

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December 8 deadline is coming up quick. I am submerged in all sorts of election confusion and conflicting news, so - apparently Arizona officially certified, which all but makes it game over. Have Michigan, Georgia and Pennsylvania officially done so as well?

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Georgia certified on the date they’d set to certify — Nov 20

Michigan certified on their set date also — Nov 23

Pennsylvania certified one date later than the date they’d set — certified Nov 24

Minnesota also certified on the 24th.

Arizona certified Nov 30, as planned.

Nevada certiied ahead of time, on No 25, ahead of their Dec 1 set-date for doing so.

Wisconsin certified on Nov 30 in advance of their Dec 1 cert set-date.

Georgia then did a recount after having already done a recount, and certified again after having certified.

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**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-this-point-which-states-have-not-certified-yet/927173/3 "2020-12-04T06:54:43Z")

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[Here’s the dates which individual states have set for certification -](https://ballotpedia.org/Election_results_certification_dates,_2020)usually it’s a matter of state law. I’m not aware of any more that have delayed certification, and the ones that are left are pretty much hard red or blue states.

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**Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-this-point-which-states-have-not-certified-yet/927173/4 "2020-12-04T08:45:56Z")

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So what happens if a state doesn’t certify by its own internal deadline, but gets it done later than that (but still before Dec. 8)?