AS ELECTORAL VOTES TALLIED, SENATOR FILES MEASURE TO ABOLISH ELECTORAL COLLEGE
January 08, 2009
January 08, 2009
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The office of Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., issued the following news release:
In a time-honored ritual, members of Congress today read off the tally of Electoral College votes from their states and officially declared Barack Obama president of the United States. The outcome, never in doubt, of course, was 365 votes for Obama and 173 for John McCain.
But at the same time as the House and Senate came together in this centuries-old tradition to count . . .
In a time-honored ritual, members of Congress today read off the tally of Electoral College votes from their states and officially declared Barack Obama president of the United States. The outcome, never in doubt, of course, was 365 votes for Obama and 173 for John McCain.
But at the same time as the House and Senate came together in this centuries-old tradition to count . . .