When surrendering doesn't matter

[andrewducker]

Technically, an election isn't over until the electoral college meets on  December 13, 2004 (the Monday after the second Wednesday in December).

At that point they will vote according to the results in their home states.

Kerry may have conceded defeat, but he can still be made President.

It _is_ unlikely though.

Comments

[yonmei.livejournal.com]

The electoral college still counts.

But the electoral college can make a decision based on the count when they stopped counting. And they can stop counting when one candidate concedes.

[kurosau.livejournal.com]

That only counts if his concession is actually valid and official. His concession is still just the traditional phone call about winning, it isn't an official withdrawl, ergo, they keep counting.

[yonmei.livejournal.com]

His concession is still just the traditional phone call about winning, it isn't an official withdrawl, ergo, they keep counting.

That isn't what happened last time.

[kurosau.livejournal.com]

I don't know this for certain, but to my knowledge, the last election was stopped by an act of the supreme court, not an act of concession on the part of Gore. However, I was wrong, and Kerry did officially concede the election, last I asked someone.

[yonmei.livejournal.com]

, the last election was stopped by an act of the supreme court, not an act of concession on the part of Gore.

But the point at which they stopped counting was when Gore conceded. They re-started again when he unconceded.