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California electors cast votes for Obama
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Edited | Chronicler Dec 15, 2008 06:11pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Sacramento Bee |
| News Date | Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | SACRAMENTO -- California awarded its 55 electoral votes to Barack Obama on Monday, formally sealing the state's choice for president.
California's electors cast their ballots on the floor of the state Assembly in a ceremonial procedure. It happened about an hour after Obama secured the 270 electoral votes he needed nationally to win.
Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, the first black woman to serve as speaker, told electors they were conducting one of the nation's oldest rituals. The electoral college system was devised during the Constitutional Convention of 1787... |
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