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Curt Clawson has already been sworn into Congress following his victory in the June 24th special election, but as far as state elections officials are concerned, the results weren’t official until this morning

The Elections Canvassing Commission, made up of the Governor, Attorney General, and CFO made voted unanimously via phone to accept the vote.  Secretary of State Ken Detzner says the act provides certainty for the public.

“It is important for the public to have confidence in our elections process. Of course, we’ve just seen the candidates are qualifying, there’s an election, following an election, there‘s an official act that occurs. This certification of the campaign, which means candidates are elected officially. And I think it’s important for the confidence of the people to know we have a beginning, middle and end in an election process.”

In the 2000 election, the process of certifying an election was on center state as George Bush and Al Gore battled in court to win the official sanction.