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When it comes to the US election, Election Day isn’t the only date to put in the political diary, especially with Donald Trump expected to suffer any losses in court.

Here we look at eight key dates you need to know:

November 5

Although it is called Election Day, it is better thought of as last voters who already have the option to vote early or by mail can vote.

November 7

State election officials are beginning to certify results on a staggered basis. The deadlines for the battleground states are as follows: Georgia – November 23, Michigan – November 25, North Carolina and Nevada – November 26, Wisconsin – December 1, Arizona – December 2. There is no specific date in Pennsylvania.

November 25

This is the last day that a mail-in ballot can be delivered and counted as long as it is postmarked November 5th.

Seventeen states and the District of Columbia allow mail-in ballots to be delivered after Election Day.

November 26

Donald Trump will be sentenced in New York in a hush-money case that found him guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records.

December 11

The Election Count Act stipulates that the governor of each state must certify the results by that date.

Any legal challenges must be completed by December 16th.

This is the first election in which these rules have been applied. The law was amended following the Jan. 6 insurrection attempt by Trump supporters.

December 17

A controversial feature of the US Constitution: The people technically do not choose the president, but rather choose a group of “electors” who will do so for them.

On December 17, these electors will be sent to each state’s Electoral College to vote for a candidate as directed by the public.

Each state has a different number of Electoral College votes depending on its population. In 48 of them, these votes were obtained on a winner-take-all basis.

January 6

The sitting vice president, this time Kamala Harris, has the ceremonial duty of presiding over a joint session of the House and Senate where the votes of all the Electoral Colleges are counted and the winner is declared.

January 20

The president-elect takes the oath of office on the steps of the Capitol.