America’s Messy Election Procedures Still Help Protect Our Liberties

Published on March 14, 2024

Commentary Who won California’s March 5 election? Technically, we still don’t know. That’s because final, certified results won’t be available until April 12, according to Secretary of State Shirley Weber’s website. That’s eight days after the registrars in the state’s counties must complete their tallies. And it’s 38 days after the official Election Day. Despite calls for the federal government to take over all elections, it only enforces civil rights laws involving voting. Under America’s federalist system, the states are the locus of vote counting. The National Council of State Legislatures lists all of the deadlines. For example, Virginia’s certification deadline is three days after an election, Minnesota’s is 10 days, and Texas’s is 18–33 days. Here’s their map:...

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