# How can Donald Trump win at this point? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump, kamala-harris\ **Created:** [August 6, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-donald-trump-win-at-this-point/1005351 "2024-08-06T21:13:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 194
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> [@Aeschines](#): > > More on refusing to certify election results: > > [What Happens When Election Officials Refuse to Certify Results? - Democracy Docket](https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/what-happens-when-election-officials-refuse-to-certify-results/) This Democracy Docket article quotes Lauren Miller Karalunas, who co-wrote a detailed white paper on this topic earlier this year for the Stanford Law & Policy Review. This white paper is free to read - see the PDF link in the post below. It offers a well-researched deep dive into specifics, including immediately-applicable remedies to the prospect of individual local election officials refusing to certify results. > [@Trump: In 4 years we’ll have it fixed. You won’t have to vote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-in-4-years-we-ll-have-it-fixed-you-won-t-have-to-vote/1004870/256): > > Same topic as rocking\_chair’s video link – from the Stanford Law & Policy Review (Stanford University): [Certification and Non-Discretion: A Guide to Protecting the 2024 Election](https://law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/MILLER-WILDER-FINAL-1.pdf) (PDF, 48 pages, free to access). From the article’s abstract: While efforts to impede [election] certification are not new, never before have they been deployed on such a large and coordinated scale. For this reason, little academic attention has been paid to the mechanics of state certification frameworks. This Artic… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-donald-trump-win-at-this-point/1005351)._