Two weeks after Election Day, the North Carolina governor's race isn't resolved — at least from the perspective of Republican incumbent Gov. Pat McCrory. While his Democratic challenger, state Attorney General Roy Cooper, leads by several thousand votes and has started forming a transition team, Mr. McCrory has refused to concede. The governor cites claims of fraudulent absentee ballots and other alleged voting irregularities that he says make it premature to pull the plug.

Some have suggested that Mr. McCrory may have an ace in the hole in the form of a state law, specifically a statute that establishes a process for the state Legislature to declare a winner of a contested election.

According to Slate:

The best part? Under the law, the legislature’s decision is “not reviewable” by the courts. Republican legislators can simply step in, overturn the decision of the voters, and grant McCrory another term. The courts have no authority even to review the legality of their actions.

Would lawmakers really have the final say?

It's true that the state's election law allows the General Assembly — both legislative houses sitting in joint session — to declare the winner of a contested election if it "can determine which candidate received the highest number of votes."