1. The National Election Council is supposed to certify the results of the election. 2. At the earliest, they said, it could end next Friday when Florida officials certify election results. 3. A number of voters went to court to demand a new vote, and a circuit judge issued an injunction against the county certifying its results. 4. A judge theoretically could enjoin the Secretary of State from certifying the results, based on evidence of vote fraud, for example. 5. All ballots received by next Friday will be counted, and the state will certify the results. 6. But even after the loser concedes, if the results are certified but remain uncertain, how does the winner govern? 7. But Pena Gomez has vowed he will not be so cooperative, and his followers threatened national strikes when the election results were certified. 8. Democrats fretted Sunday that Secretary of State Katherine Harris, a Republican, would certify the results without the counts being completed in Palm Beach County. 9. Election officials said the results will be certified on Tuesday. 10. Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris will certify the result immediately afterwards and tell Miami-Dade to stuff their overseas ballots. |