Certifiers [noun]

Instead, election results actually become real when state and local election authorities make sure that every valid vote was counted and formally certify them.

He said it was “way too early to say” whether he would vote to certify the count.

When a race is close, and the stakes are this high, that’s when you realize there’s this process that occurs four weeks after an election to get the certified numbers.

In other years, even when there has been a recount, every state has certified its election by then.

At some point here, we’ll find out, finally, who was certified in each of these states, and the electoral college will determine the winner, and that person will be sworn in on January 20th.

Even though the AP or anyone else may declare a race over, nothing is official until results are certified and electors have their say.

Sotomayor, however, pointed out the reason LGBTQ couples weren’t going to Catholic Social Services was because it had an open policy to begin with saying it would refuse to certify them for child placement.

Officially certified results come in days or weeks later as all ballots are counted.

In the end, masks will bear some sort of label certifying they’ve met the guidelines.

It’s always taken weeks for official results to be certified.