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Electoral College Vote (No Mention of Objections?)
CSPN ^ | 1/4/2012 | CSPN

Posted on 01/04/2013 11:17:18 AM PST by research99

The Electoral College vote was just completed in Congress, following results of the 2012 election.

It is available at CSPN's video library page Unlike the reading in prior years, there was no call for objections from VP Joe Biden at the podium!

(About 20:00 in, is when objections could have been heard)

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Countin


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2013; birthers; electoralcollege
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Unlike the reading in prior years, today there was no call for objections from VP Joe Biden at the podium. Did Biden want to avoid a possible objection regarding Obama's suppression and forgery of documents pertaining to his actual citizenship status.
1 posted on 01/04/2013 11:17:27 AM PST by research99
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There are not usually calls for objections. The statute says that objections must be made in writing, before the count, and must be signed by one Representative and one Senator. The only times the Vice President calls for objections is when a written objection by one Representative and one Senator is on file.


2 posted on 01/04/2013 11:28:12 AM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: Lurking Libertarian

Is there any chance to raise objections -of any sort- from after the voting today till January 20th?


3 posted on 01/04/2013 11:37:55 AM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000))
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To: Lurking Libertarian

In January 2001, there was an objection by a House member which was responded to by Gore. This was shown in one of the Michael Moore films a few years ago.

In January 2005, there was an objection to the Ohio votes which was sponsored by Senator Boxer and responded to by Cheney, and it obligated the House to a discussion and separate vote.

So are we to conclude that in January 2013, in spite of notifications sent to representatives in Congress (with supporting documentation acquired in the past 4 years) every single member of the entire House and entire Senate caved in?


4 posted on 01/04/2013 11:44:52 AM PST by research99
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So are we to conclude that in January 2013, in spite of notifications sent to representatives in Congress (with supporting documentation acquired in the past 4 years) every single member of the entire House and entire Senate caved in?

So far as appears, not one Representative or Senator objected.

5 posted on 01/04/2013 11:51:18 AM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: research99

Unmanly orifices will pretend no question of cheating existed. Republicans need to go.


6 posted on 01/04/2013 11:55:37 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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So it’s official.

We are a tribal nation led by a group of sheep, instead of being ruled by law.

What was the point of all those men dying in battle since 1789?


7 posted on 01/04/2013 12:27:41 PM PST by research99
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To: research99

is there anything remaining in the workings of this obozo government that is Constitutionally legitimate?


8 posted on 01/04/2013 12:30:44 PM PST by drypowder
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To: research99

Never fear.

These silent Republicans of today will lead the charge and hold the line on the debt ceiling, impose a fiscally sound 2014 budget, and protect our 2nd Amendment rights.

You betcha.


9 posted on 01/04/2013 12:32:11 PM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Lurking Libertarian

“The statute says that objections must be made in writing, before the count, and must be signed by one Representative and one Senator.”

More Obot misinformation.

The statute says the President of the Senate shall call for objections after the electoral votes have been read aloud and counted. The electoral votes are sealed prior to the reading and counting. How would one one Representative and one Senator know they were going to object before the sealed votes were unsealed and read aloud?

The statutue continues with language that says an objection must be in writing and will not contain argument. The only way for a Rep or Senator to know if they objected to the electoral vote count was to hear the count because the votes are sealed prior to that.

The Electoral Vote is null and void because Slo-Joe screwed the pooch.


10 posted on 01/04/2013 12:33:45 PM PST by SvenMagnussen (TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY)
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To: exit82

Is it being advocated that we put our faith on a House still being led by John Boehner?

Gold, Guns and Food seem a better bet.


11 posted on 01/04/2013 12:39:50 PM PST by research99
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To: research99
The Dems beat the Electoral College...using demographics.

Look at the map and the numbers....the Unions, the blacks, the hispanics...

We got scr****.

I also believe their was "coordinated" cheating.

12 posted on 01/04/2013 12:40:52 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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"The statute says the President of the Senate shall call for objections after the electoral votes have been read aloud and counted."

Which statute number and source says that?

13 posted on 01/04/2013 12:44:38 PM PST by research99
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To: SvenMagnussen

Not one Senator in the crowd would have had the testicular courage to object anyway so why ask?

I swear I will not be a Republican for the next eelction, I am just waiting to see what the Tea party does before I go Independent.


14 posted on 01/04/2013 12:46:59 PM PST by Venturer
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To: research99
3 U.S.C. 15, as reprinted online:

"The Senate and House of Representatives shall meet in the Hall of the House of Representatives at the hour of 1 o’clock in the afternoon on that day, and the President of the Senate shall be their presiding officer. Two tellers shall be previously appointed on the part of the Senate and two on the part of the House of Representatives, to whom shall be handed, as they are opened by the President of the Senate, all the certificates and papers purporting to be certificates of the electoral votes, which certificates and papers shall be opened, presented, and acted upon in the alphabetical order of the States, beginning with the letter A; and said tellers, having then read the same in the presence and hearing of the two Houses, shall make a list of the votes as they shall appear from the said certificates; and the votes having been ascertained and counted according to the rules in this subchapter provided, the result of the same shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who shall thereupon announce the state of the vote, which announcement shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons, if any, elected President and Vice President of the United States, and, together with a list of the votes, be entered on the Journals of the two Houses."

"Upon such reading of any such certificate or paper, the President of the Senate shall call for objections, if any."

"Every objection shall be made in writing, and shall state clearly and concisely, and without argument, the ground thereof, and shall be signed by at least one Senator and one Member of the House of Representatives before the same shall be received. When all objections so made to any vote or paper from a State shall have been received and read, the Senate shall thereupon withdraw, and such objections shall be submitted to the Senate for its decision; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall, in like manner, submit such objections to the House of Representatives for its decision; and no electoral vote or votes from any State which shall have been regularly given by electors whose appointment has been lawfully certified to according to section 6 of this title from which but one return has been received shall be rejected, but the two Houses concurrently may reject the vote or votes when they agree that such vote or votes have not been so regularly given by electors whose appointment has been so certified..."

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/3/15

15 posted on 01/04/2013 12:49:12 PM PST by research99
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To: research99

I suppose it is up to us and the current crop of warriors, some still fighting in the sandbox.


16 posted on 01/04/2013 12:50:06 PM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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After reading 3 U.S.C. 15, can we conclude, VP Joe Biden violated the law today? And if so, is the vote valid?
17 posted on 01/04/2013 12:51:00 PM PST by research99
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Scroll down to Sec. 15 and it discusses the procedure.

http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/provisions.html#law


18 posted on 01/04/2013 12:55:16 PM PST by deport
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To: research99

The audio on CSPN dropped out for a full 3 seconds (at about 23:30 in), right when Biden was legally obligated to ask for “objections” per 3 U.S.C. 15. Was anything said in that time?

Could VP Biden have mentioned “objections” off-mic, in a voice only heard by someone standing next to him?


19 posted on 01/04/2013 1:05:57 PM PST by research99
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“And if so, is the vote valid?”

It’s voidable. The law is clear. A call for objections to vote count should have been made after the Electoral Votes were unsealed and read aloud.

A call for objections to vote count was not made and a cloud of uncertainty of an Obama Presidency continues.


20 posted on 01/04/2013 1:06:17 PM PST by SvenMagnussen (TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY)
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