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In Georgia, where the election was very close, a vote recount is announced, which is not excluded in Wisconsin. Approaches that, according to AFP, have practically no chance of changing the outcome of the elections.
How long can this challenge of results last? Could Joe Biden’s win be questioned? What is the current situation, eight days after the US elections.
How long does it take to confirm the results?
At the moment, the count continues in several key states, including Pennsylvania, with a manual count announced in Georgia.
But each state has a deadline by which the results must be certified and the vote count obtained by each candidate must be validated: Georgia before November 20, Pennsylvania before November 23, Arizona before November 30.
“I don’t think all states should be expected to formally certify the results,” said John Fortier, an elections specialist at the Bipartisan Policy Center, an organization that aims to be a bridge between Democrats and Republicans.
“I think that at some point, probably in the next few days, with the advance in the vote count and perhaps the rejection of some of the judicial remedies, it will be seen that the gaps are too important to wait for a reversal through legal action. , He says. “I think this is how the problem will be solved.”
Dec. 14 is the actual deadline, experts say: Big voters will then meet to formally vote for one or the other of the candidates, a vote dictated in principle by the majority of the popular vote in that state.
Even in the 2000 presidential elections in which George W. Bush and Al Gore faced off, and where the Florida winner was challenged for 30 days, that deadline was met.
Rival lists of top voters in the disputed states?
It’s an “extremely unlikely scenario,” says Barry Burden of the University of Wisconsin, “but the mere fact that some are talking about it is troubling … American democracy was believed to have reached a degree of maturity where this guy behaviors do not take place. “
In this scenario, which, according to the aforementioned expert, “would contradict all the rules and procedures for appointing the president”, the Republican majority parliament in one or more states where victory is disputed could nominate large Republican voters, instead of validating a list. democratic that reflects the results of the popular vote.
The dispute would then continue before Congress, which meets on January 6 to count the votes of the large voters and formally nominate the winner in the elections.
But several key states should submit rival lists to question Joe Biden’s victory, which AFP experts say is unlikely.
What if Donald Trump doesn’t acknowledge defeat?
“Donald Trump will probably never accept defeat,” says Barry Burden. “He continues to challenge the results of the 2016 elections, even if he won them … so he is likely to contest them for the rest of his life.”
Joe Biden will continue to be sworn in on January 20, 2021, but that will raise doubts in the Republican field and could “delegitimize” Joe Biden’s victory, the expert said. “That could be the sole goal of Donald Trump’s campaign team,” he added.
But John Fortier says he is “absolutely certain it will be a peaceful transition”, even if it will not be “the friendliest” or “the most seamless.”
“It would be better for him to admit defeat, but if the transition is delayed, it will not be the end of the world,” he said.
