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On Wednesday November 9, 2016 early in the morning Hillary Clinton conceded the election to Donald Trump. However, at that time:

  • most provisional ballots havehad not been examined or counted yet
  • many mail-in ballots havehad not been counted yet (some arewere still in transit having been postmarked November 8)
  • election results havehad not been certified by any officials yet
  • some races arewere extremely tight and in theory could change outcomes
  • the popular vote is currentlywas opposite the electoral vote

If one state flipsflipped the results could be either a < 270 vote "electoral tie" (goes to Congress to decide) or an electoral win for Clinton. If that happenshappened, what legal effect if any will resultwould have resulted from her concession speech?

On Wednesday November 9, 2016 early in the morning Hillary Clinton conceded the election to Donald Trump. However:

  • most provisional ballots have not been examined or counted yet
  • many mail-in ballots have not been counted yet (some are still in transit having been postmarked November 8)
  • election results have not been certified by any officials yet
  • some races are extremely tight and in theory could change outcomes
  • the popular vote is currently opposite the electoral vote

If one state flips the results could be either a < 270 vote "electoral tie" (goes to Congress to decide) or an electoral win for Clinton. If that happens what legal effect if any will result from her concession speech?

On Wednesday November 9, 2016 early in the morning Hillary Clinton conceded the election to Donald Trump. However, at that time:

  • most provisional ballots had not been examined or counted yet
  • many mail-in ballots had not been counted yet (some were still in transit having been postmarked November 8)
  • election results had not been certified by any officials yet
  • some races were extremely tight and in theory could change outcomes
  • the popular vote was opposite the electoral vote

If one state flipped the results could be either a < 270 vote "electoral tie" (goes to Congress to decide) or an electoral win for Clinton. If that happened, what legal effect if any would have resulted from her concession speech?

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