Vermont Electors to Cast Official Ballots for President and Vice-President Monday

Vermont Electors to Cast Official Ballots for President and Vice-President
Montpelier. (Vermont Business Magazine via Vermont Secretary of State) The Secretary of State's Office has announced that the three Vermont electors will meet on Monday, December 15, 2008, at 10 am in Room 11 of the Statehouse in Montpelier to cast official ballots for president and vice-president of the United States.
Vermont's electors are Claire Ayer of Weybridge; Euan Bear of Bakersfield; and Kevin B. Christie of Hartford. At the meeting the electors will take oaths of allegiance and oaths of office; organize by electing a president, clerk, and messenger; cast official ballots for the president and vice-president of the United States, and complete a Certificate of Vote to be sent to Washington.
According to 17 V.S.A. §2731, the statewide canvassing board shall issue its certificates of election "to the electors nominated by the party whose candidate for president has received the greatest number of votes." The next section (17 V.S.A. §2732) provides that "the electors must vote for the candidates for president and vice-president who received the greatest number of votes at the general election."
For more information about this meeting, or the Electoral College proceedings in Vermont, please contact Kathy DeWolfe, Director of Elections at (802) 828-2304.
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