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S. R. No. 373 As Adopted by the Senate
As Adopted by the Senate
| 129th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2011-2012 |
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Cosponsors:
Senators Bacon, Beagle, Brown, Cafaro, Faber, Gentile, Hite, Kearney, LaRose, Lehner, Manning, Obhof, Oelslager, Patton, Peterson, Sawyer, Schiavoni, Skindell, Smith, Tavares, Turner
A RESOLUTION
| Permitting the Ohio Electoral College to conduct its
official vote for President and Vice-President of
the United States in the Senate Chamber on Monday,
December 17, 2012.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the 129th General
Assembly of Ohio, in adopting this Resolution, permit the Ohio
Electoral College to use the Ohio Senate Chamber to conduct its
official vote for President and Vice-President of the United
States on Monday, December 17, 2012; and |
| WHEREAS, The President and Vice-President of the United
States are the only federal elective officials not elected by a
direct vote of the people but are elected by an institution known
as the Electoral College; and |
| WHEREAS, Article II Section 1 of the Constitution of the
United States provides that each state shall appoint a number of
electors equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives
to which each state may be entitled in the Congress of the United
States; and |
| WHEREAS, Article II Section 1 of the Constitution of the
United States provides that the electors shall meet in their
respective states and vote by ballot for the President and
Vice-President; and |
| WHEREAS, Section 3505.39 of the Ohio Revised Code requires
the Ohio Secretary of State to select a place in the state capitol
for the electors to meet and cast their votes for the President
and Vice-President of the United States; and |
| WHEREAS, The Ohio Secretary of State has requested the use of
the Chamber of the Ohio Senate for the Ohio members of the
Electoral College to meet and cast their votes for the President
and Vice-President of the United States on Monday, December 17,
2012; therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the Senate of the 129th
General Assembly of Ohio, in adopting this Resolution, permit the
Ohio Electoral College to utilize the Chamber of the Ohio Senate
on Monday, December 17, 2012, to conduct its official vote for
President and Vice-President of the United States, and we commend
its participants for their civic responsibility; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly
authenticated copies of this resolution to the Ohio Secretary of
State and the Ohio Electoral College. |
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