The last step in a U.S. presidential election is the official tabulation of electoral votes at a joint session of Congress. The entire electoral college does not meet together in one place. Electors meet in their respective state capitals (electors for the District of Columbia meet within the District) on the Monday after the second Wednesday in December, at which time they cast their electoral votes on separate ballots for president and vice-president. Each state then forwards the election results to the President of the U.S. Senate, the Archivist of the United States, the state's Secretary of State, and the chief judge of the United States district court where those electors met. A joint session of Congress takes place on January 6 in the calendar year immediately following the meetings of the presidential electors. The electoral votes are officially tabulated at the joint session of Congress and the winner of the election is officially declared. The sitting vice-president is expected to preside at the joint session. In several cases the President pro tempore of the Senate has chaired the proceedings.
It is a step in the right direction.
"the last step is publishing"
Launch ReferenceQuestion 19What is the last step in the composite risk management (CRM) process?Supervise and evaluate.
Mr. President, you may step down now.
Make and implement the decision.
Launch ReferenceQuestion 19What is the last step in the composite risk management (CRM) process?Supervise and evaluate.
congress passes an act of admission
Make and implement the decision.
Make and implement the decision.
Fusing
The last or final step is for the President to sign...or reject (veto) the bill. If the President doesn't want to do either, he can...during the last 10 days of the congressional session only...put the bill away, effectively leave it alone, or take no action on it, and it becomes null and void after the 10 days. This is known as a pocket veto..and avoids the President the embarrassment of signing or rejecting (vetoing the bill publicly.) Lawmakers in Congress don't like this pro cedure, but it was put in by the framers of the Constitution to give the President leeway when he or she felt cornered and didn't want to make a clear decision on a bill becoming law.
The very last step in the judicial process is the appeal. Before the appeal, the sentence is given. Before sentencing, there's post-trial motions.