Certifying Results

Ballotpedia reports today that the dates upon which the results of the upcoming midterms are certified vary.  That's because every state has its own election certification deadline, assigned by state law. 

Here's the skinny:

• Five states have certification deadlines within one week of the election. Delaware is the earliest: Nov. 10.
• 14 states' certification deadlines arrive between two and three weeks after the election, that is, from  Nov. 23 to the 29th.
• More than half of us live in states with certification deadlines more than three weeks after the election.
• Five states - Hawaii, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Tennessee - have no fixed certification deadlines.

So be prepared for another instance of who knows how long it will be till we know who won ...