In order for a state secretary of state to meet that deadline, a county, city, school district, water district ---and every special purpose district on that ballot must canvass their results, meet and certify the results of that election.
The Detroit Free Press in Michigan reports on the key date of November 17 looming for all counties across the state.
"Election results are set to be certified at the county level on Nov. 17 and statewide on Nov. 23, barring intervention by a judge. Michigan's chosen slate of participants in the electoral college will formally cast their votes for Biden in December. He will assume the presidency in January."
Big Media in Michigan doesn't get to decide who won the Presidential Election. And County Examiner suggested readers look for indications the counties, states would have difficulties meeting those deadlines.
But it's become clear why Big Media rushed to push Joe Biden over the finish line last Saturday November 7th.
It was an effort to get a media narrative out in front of the American people knowing the day prior---on November 6th---Michigan Court of Claims Judge Cynthia Diane Stephens---Case No. 20-000225-issued an opinion and order--that not enough evidence was presented by the Trump campaign and that it was all hearsay.
Isn't that was everyone is screaming about? There's not enough!, there's not enough!
Judge Stephens also wrote the Trump campaign complaint and emergency motion were not filed until approximately 4:00 p.m. on
November 4, 2020— despite being announced to various media outlets much earlier in the day. By
the time this action was filed, the votes had largely been counted, and the counting was complete.
But hers was not a FINAL ORDER. Nor did it close the case or resolve the "ballot drop box video" claims.
Meanwhile earlier this morning the Trump campaign filed a lawsuit in the Western District of Michigan ---in Federal Court ---with what they hope will be "enough"---testimony of challengers and words of Michigan's very own Secretary of State about media drives and machine "glitches", seeking to stop certification of Michigan election results until defendants have verified and confirmed ballots were cast and tabulated in accord with the law and to ensure no unlawful ballots were cast.
And that complaint addresses the "drop box video issue" too.
Will this be "enough"? Enough to get to a "discovery phase? Enough to force the exclusion of ballots counted on defective machines with defective software from the tally? Enough to demonstrate ballots should be hand counted to ensure an accurate count?
Or is the Michigan election so systemically corrupted all eyes will turn to their state legislature?
Watch Maria Bartiromo explain there's 69,000-115,000 ballots in question in Michigan.
