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Originally Posted by Damien
But it's never really official is it? There is no official constitutional role of President-Elect IIRC.
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The term is in the constitution:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenti...s_Constitution
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The Twentieth Amendment (Amendment XX) to the United States Constitution moved the beginning and ending of the terms of the president and vice president from March 4 to January 20, and of members of Congress from March 4 to January 3. It also has provisions that determine what is to be done when there is no president-elect. The Twentieth Amendment was adopted on January 23, 1933.
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But it doesn't define when someone becomes President-elect. That's seems to be separate via this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presid..._United_States
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Since 1963, U.S. federal law has empowered the General Services Administration to determine who the apparent election winner is and to help facilitate the basic functioning of the president-elect's transition team
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But it does seem to be unofficial until the GSA completes their action.