Guest guest Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Congress Counts, Ascertains, and Declares the Vote. The final step in the Congress Counts, Ascertains, and Declares the Vote. The final step in the presidential election process (aside from the presidential inaugural on January 20) is the counting, ascertainment, and declaration of the electoral votes in Congress. 9 The House of Representatives and Senate meet in joint session in the House chamber on January 6 of the year following the presidential election, at 1:00 P.M. 10 The Vice President, who Page 6 CRS-6 10 (...continued) years when January 6 falls on a Sunday. 11 If there is no majority, the President is elected in the House of Representatives, and the Vice President in the Senate by the contingent election process. For further information, see CRS Report RS20300, Election of the President and Vice President by Congress: Contingent Election, by Thomas H. Neale. presides in his capacity as President of the Senate, opens the electoral vote certificates from each state, in alphabetical order. He then passes the certificates to four tellers (vote counters), two appointed by each house, who announce the results. The votes are then counted, and the results are announced by the Vice President. Objections, if any, must be presented in writing, and must be signed by at lest one Senator and one Representative. The candidates receiving a majority of electoral votes (currently 270 of 538) are declared the winners by the Vice President, an action that constitutes “a sufficient declaration of the persons, if any, elected President and Vice President of the States” (3 U.S.C. 15). 11 Table 1. Electoral Vote Allocation by State, 2004-2008 State Electors State Electors State Electors Alabama 9 Kentucky 8 North Dakota 3 Alaska 3 Louisiana 9 Ohio 20 Arizona 10 Maine 4 Oklahoma 7 Arkansas 6 Maryland 10 Oregon 7 California 55 Massachusetts 12 Pennsylvania 21 Colorado 9 Michigan 17 Rhode Island 4 Connecticut 7 Minnesota 10 South Carolina 8 Delaware 3 Mississippi 6 South Dakota 3 District of Columbia 3 Missouri 11 Tennessee 11 Florida 27 Montana 3 Texas 34 Georgia 15 Nebraska 5 Utah 5 Hawaii 4 Nevada 5 Vermont 3 Idaho 4 New Hampshire 4 Virginia 13 Illinois 21 New Jersey 15 Washington 11 Indiana 11 New Mexico 5 West Virginia 5 Iowa 7 New York 31 Wisconsin 10 Kansas 6 North Carolina 15 Wyoming 3 Hi Therese, CONFIRMED: January 6, 2005 @ 1:00 pm the Joint Session of the Federal Congress convenes to count and certify the Vote of the previous month's, Monday December 13th, College election. Many states convene the December 13th voting session at 12:00 noon. I don't know if this is true of all 50. John presidential election process (aside from the presidential inaugural on January 20) is the counting, ascertainment, and declaration of the electoral votes in Congress. 9 The House of Representatives and Senate meet in joint session in the House chamber on January 6 of the year following the presidential election, at 1:00 P.M. 10 The Vice President, who Page 6 CRS-6 10 (...continued) years when January 6 falls on a Sunday. 11 If there is no majority, the President is elected in the House of Representatives, and the Vice President in the Senate by the contingent election process. For further information, see CRS Report RS20300, Election of the President and Vice President by Congress: Contingent Election, by Thomas H. Neale. presides in his capacity as President of the Senate, opens the electoral vote certificates from each state, in alphabetical order. He then passes the certificates to four tellers (vote counters), two appointed by each house, who announce the results. The votes are then counted, and the results are announced by the Vice President. Objections, if any, must be presented in writing, and must be signed by at lest one Senator and one Representative. The candidates receiving a majority of electoral votes (currently 270 of 538) are declared the winners by the Vice President, an action that constitutes “a sufficient declaration of the persons, if any, elected President and Vice President of the States” (3 U.S.C. 15). 11 Table 1. Electoral Vote Allocation by State, 2004-2008 State Electors State Electors State Electors Alabama 9 Kentucky 8 North Dakota 3 Alaska 3 Louisiana 9 Ohio 20 Arizona 10 Maine 4 Oklahoma 7 Arkansas 6 Maryland 10 Oregon 7 California 55 Massachusetts 12 Pennsylvania 21 Colorado 9 Michigan 17 Rhode Island 4 Connecticut 7 Minnesota 10 South Carolina 8 Delaware 3 Mississippi 6 South Dakota 3 District of Columbia 3 Missouri 11 Tennessee 11 Florida 27 Montana 3 Texas 34 Georgia 15 Nebraska 5 Utah 5 Hawaii 4 Nevada 5 Vermont 3 Idaho 4 New Hampshire 4 Virginia 13 Illinois 21 New Jersey 15 Washington 11 Indiana 11 New Mexico 5 West Virginia 5 Iowa 7 New York 31 Wisconsin 10 Kansas 6 North Carolina 15 Wyoming 3 Therese Hamilton <eastwest wrote: For anyone who's still hanging in there following the post-election controversy, here's the latest summary of what's happening (November 22, 2004): http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/112204A.shtml Judy Johns on the Political Astrology list suggested that it might be interesting to take a look at the astrology of January 6, the date Congress convenes to open the votes. 1:00 p.m., I think, but I'm not sure. Therese " How can Pluto be in Sagittarius when it's so close to Antares? " ----- Post message: Subscribe: - Un: - List owner: -owner Shortcut URL to this page: / Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 At 03:37 AM 11/22/04 +0000, John wrote: > >CONFIRMED: January 6, 2005 @ 1:00 pm the Joint Session of the Federal Congress convenes to count and certify the Vote of the previous month's, Monday December 13th, College election... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks, John. In which case we're going to be going right along in step with the post election debates and questions. Guess which planet is right at the zenith? Neptune. What shadowy planets square the MC? Rahu/Ketu--N and S Nodes. Transiting Jupiter is 16 minutes from the exact conjunction to W's Moon--trine mysterious Neptune, of course. Transiting Pluto/Mercury/Venus are trine W's natal MC. Cheney's natal Sun is right up there with transiting Neptune. Part of Fortune in the 1:00 pm chart is in the degree of Cheney's natal Moon. The angles in this chart match the inauguration angles: 21 Aries ascendant. Synchronicity. And the (partial) news for Dems: Transiting Mars at 14 Sco 29 opposes Edwards' Moon at 14 Tau 20. Transiting Sun is opposed to Edwards' Uranus near his ascendant. The Pluto-Mercury-Venus configuration is square Edwards' natal MC. Transiting Mars is opposed to Kerry's natal Uranus. Trines and conjunctions for the incumbants, squares and oppositions for the challengers. Therese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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