Developing Results and legitimacy
Refusal to certify results
Local or state officials refuse or delay certifying results to stall the end of an election. Certification is a mandatory duty that courts can compel, so the harm is delay and doubt, not a changed result.
Where this threat is
- Active
- Developing
- Nothing marked
- California Developing
- An election official tries to stall the county declaration of a primary without a legal basis. Shasta County, California, at the June primary
- New Mexico Developing
- A local official says publicly they will not rule out refusing to certify. Otero County, New Mexico, where the county refused to certify in 2022