Presidential Electors Confirm Obama as Next President

[sabra]

Source: VOA

Presidential electors met in state capitals around the United States on Monday to confirm last month's presidential election results that will make Barack Obama the 44th U.S. president on January 20.

It is a tradition that goes back to the beginning of the U.S. republic and the first presidential election in 1789.

Several weeks after the presidential election popular vote, presidential electors meet in the various state capitals and officially cast their ballots, as required by the U.S. Constitution.

Mr. Obama won the election over Republican John McCain on November 4. Mr. Obama won 365 electoral votes, while Senator McCain won 173.

In all but two states, the winner of the popular vote is awarded all of that state's electoral votes.


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[Drunken Irishman]

1. nm, I was thinking of something else!

[EFerrari]

2. I hope little freeps everywhere are freaking up one wall and down the other.

Is that wrong? :)

[villager]

4. Oh no. It is oh-so-right.

;-)

[Ichingcarpenter]

8. I want to be flown to Hawaii so I can see the birth certificate myself

I will need at least two weeks on Maui and Honolulu in order
to come to a conclusion.

[TheWraith]

9. Um, nobody's "on" Honolulu.

If you're IN Honolulu, you're ON Oahu.

Sorry. My nitpick streak.

[Ichingcarpenter]

13. OK.....I'll settle for Maui

I should be able to do my research from there anyway.

Please send the free tickets and hotel info to my PM

[jaysunb]

14. Would you like the Four Seasons or

Motel 6 ??

:rofl:

[onehandle]

3. I won't accept his eligibility unless film of his birth in front of a U.S. landmark is produced.

And even then I want expert testimony verifying the authenticity of the film, and 100 witnesses found for the birth itself.

And a cookie. I want a cookie.

[FrenchieCat]

5. YOu are forgetting the pony!

Everyone should get a pony before inauguration day, in fact.

[Shiver]

6. Not good enough

In addition to all that, I want proof that he was conceived on American soil, with video and 100 witnesses.

I also want half of your cookie.

[Posteritatis]

25. Don't forget the letter of reference from Washington himself! (nt)

[endarkenment]

7. paphhhhhliitttt!

or something like that, as all around the nation freeper heads explode in cubicles.

[Joe Bacon]

10. And the Freeper heads go...

[Laelth]

11. This was the REAL election, believe it or not.

Glad Obama won.

The United States is a LIBERAL Country.

:dem:

-Laelth

[Abq_Sarah]

12. At least according to our Constitution

THIS is the only vote that really matters.

[UrbScotty]

16. Not really

We voted on which set of electors would vote - those who support McCain or those who support Obama - and they then cast the votes for President and VP.

So to say that this vote is the only one that matters is not exactly true. Who votes depends on how the voters vote.

[wildflower]

21. Though last time, didn't one of them cast a vote for Edwards?

Or was it Kerry-Edwards? It seems to me someone cast a vote for Edwards for president instead of Bush.

[silverojo]

24. They cast a vote for Edwards, but not John Kerry

That's what's known as a "faithless elector"--one who votes against what the people voted.

[Laelth]

17. Welcome to DU!

Thanks for the response.

The United States is a LIBERAL Country.

:dem:

-Laelth

[Politicalboi]

15. But wait!

We haven't even begun to investigate the Gov. What did Obama know? When did he know it? The small minds like Ann Coulter want to know. Did the Gov help Obama forge his birth certificate???? Hummmmm maybe the Gov is distracting all of us for Obama so no one realizes that this vote took place. Maybe John McCain won. I say we still can't say till we ALL go to Hawaii and take a look for ourselves. :sarcasm:

[PATRICK]

18. Hence the exquisite timing

of the Blagovitch "sting" move?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

19. BUT HE'S NOT A CITIZEEEEEEEEN BLAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

:evilgrin:

[scytherius]

20. Oh this is funny: FREEPER HEADS EXPLODING

The ignorance of Freepers is utterly jaw dropping. Even aside from the fact that they actually buy this Obama BC bullshit, their stupidity is astounding:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2149221/posts

[Number23]

22. That's actually pretty mild for the Freaky Freepers

ONLY 66 posts in a thread like this when the idiotic ones about the birth certificate were getting over 900?? I must say I'm actually a little disappointed...

[struggle4progress]

23. Electoral College makes it official in emotional votes electing Obama first black president

Associated Press
Last update: December 15, 2008 - 6:52 PM

... Obama's election is not complete until Congress tallies the outcome of Monday's Electoral College vote at a joint session scheduled for Jan. 6 ... http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/president/36161459.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUJ