Counts A citizen walks away from the Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee, Fla., holding a copy of a ruling that says officials must recount presidential undervote ballots throughout the state. The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked that recount. However, he'd face tough odds. And at the same time, he'd face looming deadlines, public pressure for resolution, and political opposition.
Today is the deadline for states to certify electors.
Any set of electors submitted after today can be challenged in Congress. Florida already has a certified set of electors. Gov. Jeb Bush approved Bush electors after Secretary of State Katherine Harris certified them on Nov. 26. The danger in Florida is if court cases overturn that existing set of electors, which could produce electors that can be challenged, or even two sets of electors that would have to be sorted out in Congress. Twenty states, including Florida, have so far submitted their lists of electors to the federal government.