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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDoes HRC's concession make any difference?
If the recount turns this nightmare around, does it matter that Hillary has verbally conceded?
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Does HRC's concession make any difference? (Original Post)
Equinox Moon
Nov 2016
OP
Gore called W from a car and took back his concession as number in FL got closer.
anamandujano
Nov 2016
#5
I don't see why, from a legal perspective, which is all that really matters at this point.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Nov 2016
#7
benld74
(9,904 posts)1. No
roamer65
(36,745 posts)2. Concessions are meaningless.
It's the congressional vote to certify the EC votes that matters.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,676 posts)3. No, there's no legal requirement to do so.
The only thing that counts is how many votes a candidate gets.
oldtime dfl_er
(6,931 posts)4. No
It's just a courtesy.
anamandujano
(7,004 posts)5. Gore called W from a car and took back his concession as number in FL got closer.
MADem
(135,425 posts)6. Nope. Only thing that matters is the EC, and if they can't do it, the House. nt
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)7. I don't see why, from a legal perspective, which is all that really matters at this point.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)8. There is nothing in the Constitution about concessions, so legally, they are literally meaningless.
Vinca
(50,267 posts)9. If fraud or gross incompetence was uncovered and it meant she won a state rather than lost, no.