Post Election Summary/RESEND,,previous garbled

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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 TWB <jtwbjakarta wrote: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

 

 

 

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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

 

 

 

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