[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 2 (Friday, January 4, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H49-H50]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 COUNTING ELECTORAL VOTES--JOINT SESSION OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE HELD 
      PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1

  At 1:06 p.m., the Sergeant-at-Arms, Paul D. Irving, announced the 
Vice President and the Senate of the United States.
  The Senate entered the Hall of the House of Representatives, headed 
by the Vice President and the Secretary of the Senate, the Members and 
officers of the House rising to receive them.
  The Vice President took his seat as the Presiding Officer of the 
joint convention of the two Houses, the Speaker of the House occupying 
the chair on his left. Senators took seats to the right of the rostrum 
as prescribed by law.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. The joint session will come to order.
  Mr. Speaker and Members of Congress, pursuant to the Constitution and 
laws of the United States, the Senate and House of Representatives are 
meeting in joint session to verify the certificates and count the votes 
of the electors of the several States for President and Vice President 
of the United States.
  After ascertainment has been had that the certificates are authentic 
and correct in form, the tellers will count and make a list of the 
votes cast by the electors of the several State.
  The tellers on the part of the two Houses will take their places at 
the Clerk's desk.
  The tellers, Mr. Schumer and Mr. Alexander on the part of the Senate, 
and Mrs. Miller and Mr. Brady on the part of the House, took their 
places at the desk.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. Without objection, the tellers will dispense with 
reading formal portions of the certificates. After ascertaining that 
certificates are regular in form and authentic, the tellers will 
announce the votes cast by the electors for each State, beginning with 
Alabama.
  The tellers then proceeded to read, count, and announce the electoral 
votes of the several States in alphabetical order.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. Members of Congress, the certificates having been 
read, the tellers will ascertain and deliver the result to the 
President of the Senate.
  The tellers delivered to the President of the Senate the following 
statement of results:


 joint session of congress for the counting of the electoral votes for 
   president and vice president of the united states--official tally

  The undersigned, Charles E. Schumer and Lamar Alexander tellers on 
the part of the Senate, Candice S. Miller and Robert A. Brady tellers 
on the part of the House of Representatives, report the following as 
the result of the ascertainment and counting of the electoral vote for 
President and Vice President of the United States for the term 
beginning on the twentieth day of January, two thousand and thirteen.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        For President       For Vice
                                     ------------------     President
    Electoral votes of each State                      -----------------
                                       Barack    Mitt    Joseph    Paul
                                       Obama    Romney   Biden     Ryan
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Alabama--9..........................  .......        9  .......        9
Alaska--3...........................  .......        3  .......        3
Arizona--11.........................  .......       11  .......       11
Arkansas--6.........................  .......        6  .......        6
California--55......................       55  .......       55  .......
Colorado--9.........................        9  .......        9  .......
Connecticut--7......................        7  .......        7  .......
Delaware--3.........................        3  .......        3  .......
District of Columbia--3.............        3  .......        3  .......
Florida--29.........................       29  .......       29  .......
Georgia--16.........................  .......       16  .......       16
Hawaii--4...........................        4  .......        4  .......
Idaho--4............................  .......        4  .......        4
Illinois--20........................       20  .......       20  .......
Indiana--11.........................  .......       11  .......       11
Iowa--6.............................        6  .......        6  .......
Kansas--6...........................  .......        6  .......        6
Kentucky--8.........................  .......        8  .......        8
Louisiana--8........................  .......        8  .......        8

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Maine--4............................        4  .......        4  .......
Maryland--10........................       10  .......       10  .......
Massachusetts--11...................       11  .......       11  .......
Michigan--16........................       16  .......       16  .......
Minnesota--10.......................       10  .......       10  .......
Mississippi--6......................  .......        6  .......        6
Missouri--10........................  .......       10  .......       10
Montana--3..........................  .......        3  .......        3
Nebraska--5.........................  .......        5  .......        5
Nevada--6...........................        6  .......        6  .......
New Hampshire--4....................        4  .......        4  .......
New Jersey--14......................       14  .......       14  .......
New Mexico--5.......................        5  .......        5  .......
New York--29........................       29  .......       29  .......
North Carolina--15..................  .......       15  .......       15
North Dakota--3.....................  .......        3  .......        3
Ohio--18............................       18  .......       18  .......
Oklahoma--7.........................  .......        7  .......        7
Oregon--7...........................        7  .......        7  .......
Pennsylvania--20....................       20  .......       20  .......
Rhode Island--4.....................        4  .......        4  .......
South Carolina--9...................  .......        9  .......        9
South Dakota--3.....................  .......        3  .......        3
Tennessee--11.......................  .......       11  .......       11
Texas--38...........................  .......       38  .......       38
Utah--6.............................  .......        6  .......        6
Vermont--3..........................        3  .......        3  .......
Virginia--13........................       13  .......       13  .......
Washington--12......................       12  .......       12  .......
West Virginia--5....................  .......        5  .......        5
Wisconsin--10.......................       10  .......       10  .......
Wyoming--3..........................  .......        3  .......        3
    Total--538......................  .......  .......  .......  .......
------------------------------------------------------------------------

     Charles E. Schumer,
     Lamar Alexander,
       Tellers on the part of the Senate.
     Candice S. Miller,
     Robert A. Brady,
       Tellers on the part of the House of Representatives.

  The VICE PRESIDENT. The state of the vote for President of the United 
States, as delivered to the President of the Senate, is as follows:
  The whole number of the electors appointed to vote for President of 
the United States is 538, of which a majority is 270.
  Barack Obama of the State of Illinois has received for President of 
the United States 332 votes.
  Mitt Romney of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has received 206 
votes.
  The state of the vote for Vice President of the United States, as 
delivered to the President of the Senate, is as follows:
  The whole number of the electors appointed to vote for Vice President 
of the United States is 538, of which a majority is 270.
  Joseph Biden of the State of Delaware has received for Vice President 
of the United States 332 votes.
  Paul Ryan of the State of Wisconsin has received 206 votes.
  This announcement of the state of the vote by the President of the 
Senate shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons elected 
President and Vice President of the United States each for the term 
beginning on the 20th day of January, 2013, and shall be entered, 
together with the list of the votes, on the Journals of the Senate and 
House of Representatives.
  The purpose of the joint session having been concluded, pursuant to 
Senate Concurrent Resolution 1, 113th Congress, the Chair declares the 
joint session dissolved.
  (Thereupon, at 1 o'clock and 29 minutes p.m., the joint session of 
the two Houses of Congress dissolved.)
  The SPEAKER. Pursuant to Senate Concurrent Resolution 1, 113th 
Congress, the electoral vote will be spread at large upon the Journal.

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