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Vermont Business Magazine Today Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos announced the official results of the electoral college votes cast for United States President and Vice President by Vermont’s electors. The meeting of the electors was held at 10am in the House Chamber of the Vermont State House.
“The voting of Vermont’s electors starts the final chapter of what has truly been a historic election year,” said Secretary Condos. “From the largest effort ever undertaken in Vermont to ensure safe, secure voting options for Vermonters, to the record shattering number of Vermonters who voted in the 2020 Primary and General Elections, we can be very proud of our civic process in the Green Mountain State.”
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Members of the Electoral College met in Montpelier, Vermont this morning and unanimously voted for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for President and Vice President.
Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos presided over the formal meeting of the state’s electors in the House Chamber. “Today we are meeting as are states all around the U.S. to complete our duties for the Electoral College. It is also ironic I think today that today is the day that George Washington died.”
Vermont’s three electors took an oath of allegiance and an oath of office before casting their official ballots and completing their certificates of vote. Condos reported the official tally. “I can report that we have three votes for President-elect Joseph Biden and three votes for Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.”
MONTPELIER As is done every four years, Vermontâs electors gathered on Monday to submit their electoral college votes for the president and vice president of the United States with all three selecting Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris, respectively.
State Senator-elect Kesha Ram, Terje Anderson and Linda Gravell, Vermontâs electors for 2020, all followed suit with how 242,820 Vermonters 65 percent of those who cast a ballot for the office voted Nov. 3 by choosing the Biden/Harris ticket.
âThe voting of Vermontâs electors starts the final chapter of what has truly been a historic election year,â said Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos in a statement.
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