Refusing to Concede, Kari Lake (R), the defeated Candidate for Arizona Governor, said Thursday, she is assembling Lawyers and Collecting Evidence of Voters having Trouble casting Ballots on Election Day. Lake, who was endorsed by Trump, traveled to his Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida on Thursday.
Does One Candidate have to Concede to another for a Race to be over?
The National Conference of State Legislators and Dr. Stephen Medvic, Professor of Government at Franklin And Marshall College, said:
A Race is over when "election administrators complete their post-election activities and the election results are certified.”
“It's the certification process that all of the local county election boards go through," Dr. Medvic said. "Then once they've done that the election can be declared official. It's certified at that point."
Even after races are Called, there are State and Local Deadlines to submit Petitions for Recounts or Recanvassing.
Then, a Candidate may choose to go through the Legal system to Challenge Results.
"So those go through a normal process of [making] the challenge. It goes to a court, the court decides whether some violation has taken place or not," Dr. Medvic said. "But once they've run out of those challenges, that's when the elections are official."
So No, One Candidate does Not have to Concede to another for a Race to be over.
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