Following criticism from President Donald Trump on Monday, Gov. Doug Ducey defended Arizona's election system and its security, saying, "I’ve been pretty outspoken about Arizona’s election system, and bragged about it quite a bit, including in the Oval Office. And for good reason," he tweeted Monday night.

"We’ve been doing early voting since 1992. Arizona didn’t explore or experiment this year. We didn’t cancel election day voting as some pushed for — we weren’t going to disenfranchise any voter. In Arizona, we have some of the strongest election laws in the country, laws that prioritize accountability and clearly lay out procedures for conducting, canvassing, and even contesting the results of an election," Ducey continued.

Ducey, a Republican and ardent supporter of the president, directly responded to claims made Monday in the hearing that absentee and early ballots sent in Maricopa County did not undergo signature verification.

"We’ve got ID at the polls. We review EVERY signature (every single one) on early ballots — by hand — unlike other states that use computers. Prohibitions on ballot harvesting. Bipartisan poll observers. Clear deadlines, including no ballots allowed after Election Day," he said.

He broke down the state's law surrounding election certification and the selection of electors-- refuting claims from the Trump team and others asking state legislatures to bypass election results and select electors themselves.

"The problems that exist in other states simply don’t apply here. I’ve also said all along, I’m going to follow the law. So here’s what the law says… It requires the Secretary of State, in the presence of the Governor and the Attorney General, to canvass the election on the fourth Monday following the general election. That was today."
-ABC News' Meg Cunningham

Pennsylvania's legislative session officially ends at midnight, which means that state lawmakers are expected to adjourn without Republicans taking any action to replace the state's voter-awarded electors with a slate of ones chosen by the state's legislators.

Prior to Monday's deadline, the Republican Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Bryan Cutler, along with Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff issued a joint statement saying they did not have enough time to consider the resolution before the end of the session.

"We are physically unable to consider any new legislation before the end of session. A simple resolution takes three legislative days for consideration and a concurrent resolution takes five legislative days to move through both chambers, which means we do not have the time needed to address any new resolutions in our current session," the statement read.

However, the pair also indicated that this year's election would still be a topic that lawmakers plan to address in the future.

"It is obvious Pennsylvania's election processes are in dire need of repair. Our work to ensure the chaos and confusion of the 2020 election are not repeated will continue in the next legislative session," they added, while also noting that they plan to see the process of a "complete audit of the election...completed into the next session as well."

-ABC News' Alisa Wiersema and Alex Hosenball

The president called into a hearing underway at a hotel in Phoenix and called the election the "greatest scam ever perpetrated upon our country."

He claimed that he won Arizona, Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin -- despite certified results. And though Trump said Monday that the election was "rigged," secretaries of state across the country, along with former CISA director Chris Krebs, have praised the security and success of this year's election.

On the call, Trump also said his team would be filing additional legal action in Wisconsin and Georgia.

"We're taking it all the way," Trump said.

-ABC News' Meg Cunningham

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has signed the Certificate of Ascertainment for the November general election, certifying the state's results of the 2020 presidential election.

"Today I carried out my duty to certify the November 3rd election, and as required by state and federal law, I've signed the Certificate of Ascertainment for the slate of electors for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris," Evers said in statement.

The Trump campaign still has five days to appeal the recount results.

- ABC News' Soorin Kim