Former Governors: States’ Chief Executives Have a Legal Duty to Certify the 2024 Results on Time

October 10, 2024 | Jim Blanchard and Tom Corbett | Smerconish

Due to the reforms enacted by Congress in 2022, every governor must ensure that they deliver the certificates of ascertainment to the National Archives and, subsequently, to Congress no later than December 11 – or risk the disenfranchisement of all voters in their states. …

That’s why today, along with 17 other former Democratic and Republican governors, we are sending a letter to the sitting governors of all fifty states and the mayor of the District of Columbia reminding them of this responsibility and urging them to comply fully with the new law. We are encouraging other former Governors to join this bipartisan initiative. …

Jim Blanchard, a Democrat, served as the 45th Governor of Michigan. Tom Corbett, a Republican, served as the 46th Governor of Pennsylvania. They are active with the nonpartisan civic-education organization Keep Our Republic.