text: After the Presidential election,your governor prepares a "Certificate of Ascertainment" listing all of the candidates who ran for President in your state along with the names of their respective electors. This certificate also declares the winning presidental candidate in your state and shows which electors will represent yuor state at the meeting of the electors in December of the election year. Your states Certificates of ascertainments are sent to the Congress and National Archives as part of the official records of the presedential election.