Counting Electoral Votes : An Overview of Procedures at the Joint Session, Including Objections by Members of Congress.

Examines procedures followed by a joint session of Congress to open, certify, and count the electoral votes in Presidential elections, and to declare the official results of the election for President and Vice President. Reviews actions leading up to the joint session, procedures for conducting the...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	United States. > Congress. Administrative law. Presidents > Election. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Examines procedures followed by a joint session of Congress to open, certify, and count the electoral votes in Presidential elections, and to declare the official results of the election for President and Vice President. Reviews actions leading up to the joint session, procedures for conducting the joint session, and procedures for considering objections to the counting of one or more electoral votes.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.