{ 2001/01/06 TIME: 14-15 , Sat. 107TH SENATE, FIRST SESSION}

{ NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT OF THE SENATE PROCEEDINGS.}


           UNITED STATES AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. SIGNED
           BY THE PERTINENT ELECTORS AND DULY ATTESTED. MR. PRESIDENT, THE
           CERTIFICATE OF THE ELECTORAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA
           SEEMS TO BE REGULAR IN FORM AND AUTHENTIC, AND IT APPEARS
           THEREFROM THAT GEORGE W. BUSH OF THE STATE OF TEXAS RECEIVED
           FIVE VOTES FOR PRESIDENT. AND DICK CHENEY OF THE STATE OF
           WYOMING RECEIVED FIVE VOTES FOR VICE PRESIDENT.

{14:15:24 NSP} (VICE PRESIDENT GORE) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           VICE PRESIDENT GORE: IS THERE OBJECTION?
           HEARING NONE, THE CHAIR HANDS TO THE TELLERS THE CERTIFICATE OF
           THE ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF
           NEVADA AND THEY WILL READ THE CERTIFICATE AND WILL COUNT AND
           MAKE A LIST OF THE VOTES CAST BY THAT STATE.

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           MR. THOMAS: THE STATE OF NEVADA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, STATE OF
           NEVADA, CERTIFICATE OF VOTE. WE, THE UNDERSIGNED ELECTORS
           ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE UNITED STATES
           OF AMERICA, ON JANUARY 20, 2001, BEING ELECTORS LEGALLY
           APPOINTED AND QUALIFIED BY THE STATE OF NEVADA AS APPEARS BY
           THE ANNEXED CERTIFICATE OF ASCERTAINMENT HAVING MET AND
           CONVENED AGREEABLY TO THE PROVISION OF LAW AT CARSON CITY IN
           SAID STATE
           
           OF NEVADA AT 2:00 P.M. ON THE FIRST MONDAY AFTER THE SECOND
           WEDNESDAY IN DECEMBER OF THE YEAR 2000, BEING THE 18TH DAY OF

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           SAID MONTH, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT BEING SO ASSEMBLED AND DULY
           ORGANIZED, WE PROCEEDED TO VOTE BY BALLOT AND BALLOTED FOR
           PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT AND WE FURTHER CERTIFY THAT THE
           FOLLOWING ARE THE VOTES FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT SO
           CAST AS AFORESAID -- GEORGE W. BUSH RECEIVED FOUR VOTES, DICK
           CHENEY RECEIVED FOUR VOTES. SIGNED BY THE PERTINENT ELECTORS
           AND DULY ATTESTED, MR. PRESIDENT, THE CERTIFICATE OF THE
           ELECTORAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA SEEMS TO BE REGULAR IN
           FORM AND AUTHENTIC AND IT APPEARS THEREFROM THAT GEORGE W. BUSH
           OF THE STATE OF TEXAS RECEIVED FOUR VOTES FOR PRESIDENT AND

{14:16:47} (MR. THOMAS) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           DICK CHENEY OF THE STATE OF WYOMING RECEIVED FOUR VOTES FOR
           VICE PRESIDENT.

{14:16:50 NSP} (VICE PRESIDENT GORE) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           VICE PRESIDENT GORE: IS THERE OBJECTION?
           HEARING NONE, THE CHAIR HANDS TO THE TELLERS THE CERTIFICATE OF
           THE ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF
           NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THEY WILL READ THE CERTIFICATE AND WILL COUNT
           AND MAKE A LIST OF THE VOTES CAST BY THAT STATE.

{14:17:06 NSP} (MR. MCCONNELL) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           MR. MCCONNELL: WE, THE UNDERSIGNED ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND
           VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE TERM
           BEGINNING ON JANUARY 20, 2001, BEING ELECTORS DULY ELECTED AND
           QUALIFIED BY AND FOR THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AS APPEARS BY
           THE ANNEXED CERTIFICATE, HAVING MET AND ORGANIZED AT THE STATE
           HOUSE IN CONCORD IN SAID STATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACT OF
           CONGRESS APPROVED FEBRUARY 3, 1887, AN ACT SUPPLEMENTRY THERETO
           APPROVED NOVEMBER 19, 1888, MAY 29, 1928 AND JUNE 5, 1934 ON

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           THE FIRST MONDAY AFTER THE SECOND WEDNESDAY IN DECEMBER, 2000,
           BEING THE 18TH DAY OF SAID MONTH THEN AND THERE PROCEEDED TO
           VOTE BY BALLOT FOR SUCH PRESIDENT BY DISTINCT BALLOTS AND FOR
           SUCH VICE PRESIDENT BY DISTINCT BALLOTS. WE HEREBY CERTIFY THAT
           THE FOLLOWING PERSON RECEIVED VOTES FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
           STATES -- GEORGE W. BUSH OF AUSTIN TEXAS HAD FOUR VOTES AND
           DICK CHENEY OF WILSON, WYOMING, HAD FOUR VOTES. MR. PRESIDENT,
           THE CERTIFICATE OF THE ELECTORAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF NEW
           HAMPSHIRE SEEMS TO BE REGULAR IN FORM AND AUTHENTIC AND IT
           APPEARS THEREFROM THAT GEORGE W. BUSH OF THE STATE OF TEXAS

{14:18:11} (MR. MCCONNELL) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           RECEIVED FOUR VOTES FOR PRESIDENT AND DICK CHENEY OF THE STATE

{14:18:16 NSP} (THE SPEAKER) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           OF WYOMING RECEIVED FOUR VOTES FOR VICE PRESIDENT. THE SPEAKER: IS THERE OBJECTION?
           HEARING NONE, THE CHAIR HANDS TO THE TELLERS THE CERTIFICATE OF
           THE ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF
           NEW JERSEY AND THEY WILL READ THE CERTIFICATE AND WILL COUNT
           AND MAKE A LIST OF THE VOTES CAST BY THAT STATE.

{14:18:39 NSP} (MR. FATTAH) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           MR. FATTAH: STATE OF NEW JERSEY, CERTIFICATION OF ELECTORS. WE,
           THE UNDERSIGNED ELECTORS, PAUL ANGELO, MIMI BRADFORD, DENNIS
           COLLINS, JOHN GARRETT, DEBORAH LYNCH, JOHN MCGREVEY, JUNE
           MONTEY, MICHAEL MURPHY, JEFFREY NASH, BARBARA BALUMRIE, JULIE
           VADIVY AND STEVEN WINESTEIN AND CHARLES WACOONY, ELECTORS OF

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           THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT FROM THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY
           DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE ANNEXED HEERT IS AN ORIGINAL
           CERTIFICATE OF SARINMENT AND AN ORIGINAL VOTE WHICH LISTS OF
           VOTES FOR THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE
           PRESIDENT. SIGNED BY THE PERTINENT ELECTORS AND DULY ATTESTED,
           MR. PRESIDENT, THE CERTIFICATE OF THE ELECTORAL VOTES OF THE
           STATE OF NEW JERSEY SEEM TO BE REGULAR IN FORM AND AUTHENTIC
           AND IT APPEARS THEREFROM THAT AL GORE FROM THE STATE OF

{14:19:42} (MR. FATTAH) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           TENNESSEE RECEIVED 15 VOTES FOR PRESIDENT AND THAT JOE
           LIEBERMAN OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT RECEIVED 15 VOTES FOR
           VICE PRESIDENT.

{14:19:49 NSP} (VICE PRESIDENT GORE) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           VICE PRESIDENT GORE: IS THERE OBJECTION?
           HEARING NONE, THE CHAIR HANDS TO THE TELLERS THE CERTIFICATE OF
           THE ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF
           NEW MEXICO AND THEY WILL READ THE CERTIFICATE AND WILL COUNT
           AND MAKE A LIST OF THE VOTES CAST BY THAT STATE.

{14:20:06 NSP} (MR. DODD) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           MR. DODD: STATE OF NEW MEXICO, OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
           CERTIFICATE OF VOTE. PURSUANT TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF
           THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
           MEXICO, WE, THE UNDERSIGNED ELECTORS, BEING THE FIVE DULY
           ASSIGNED ELECTORS OF NEW MEXICO DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT AT THE
           MEETING HELD ON DECEMBER 18, 2000, IN THE OFFICE OF THE
           SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE CAPITOL, THE BALLOTS CAST FOR
           PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
           WERE AS FOLLOWS -- AL GORE AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
           FIVE VOTES, JOE LIEBERMAN AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED

{14:20:37} (MR. DODD) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           STATES, FIVE VOTES. IN TESTIMONY THEREOF, WE HAVE HEREUNTO SET
           OUR HANDS AND CAUSED TO BE AFFIXED THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE
           OF NEW MEXICO THIS 18TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2000, SIGNED BY THE
           PERTINENT ELECT YRS AND DULY ATTESTED. MR. PRESIDENT, THE
           CERTIFICATE OF VOTE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO SEEMS TO BE
           REGULAR IN FORM AND IT APPEARS THEREFROM THAT AL GORE OF THE
           STATE OF TENNESSEE RECEIVED FIVE VOTES FOR PRESIDENT AND JOE
           LIEBERMAN OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT RECEIVED FIVE VOTES FOR
           VICE PRESIDENT.

{14:21:05 NSP} (VICE PRESIDENT GORE) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           VICE PRESIDENT GORE: IS THERE OBJECTION?
           HEARING NONE, THE CHAIR HANDS TO THE TELLERS THE CERTIFICATE OF
           THE ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF
           NEW YORK. THEY WILL READ THE CERTIFICATE AND WILL COUNT AND
           MAKE A LIST OF THE VOTES CAST BY THAT STATE.

{14:21:23 NSP} (MR. THOMAS) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           MR. THOMAS: STATE OF NEW YORK, WE, THE UNDERSIGNED ELECTORS OF
           PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
           BEING ELECTORS DULY AND LEGALLY APPOINTED AND QUALIFIED FOR THE
           STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPEARS BY THE ANNEXED LIST OF ELECTORS
           MADE, CERTIFIED AND DELIVERED TO US BY THE EXECUTIVE OF THE
           SAID STATE AND HAVING THE SIGNATURE OF THE GOVERNOR OF SAID
           STATE AFFIXED THERETO AND THE ANNEXED CERTIFICATE AS TO FILLING
           OF VACANCIES MADE AND CERTIFIED BY THE PRESIDENT AND
           SECRETARIES OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT
           THE SAID ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
           STATES FOR THE STATE OF NEW YORK AS BY LAW REQUIRED CONVENED AT

{14:21:53} (MR. THOMAS) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           THE CAPITOL OF THE SATE STAYED IN -- SAID STATE IN THE CITY OF
           ALBANY AND WE DO HEREBY FURTHER CERTIFY THAT BEING SO ASSEMBLED
           AND DULY ORGANIZED WE PROCEEDED TO VOTE BY BALLOT FIRST FOR
           SUCH PRESIDENT AND THEN FOR SUCH VICE PRESIDENT BY DISTINCT
           BALLOTS. WE FURTHER CERTIFY THAT THE FOLLOWING ARE TWO DISTINCT
           LISTS, ONE OF THE VOTES FOR PRESIDENT AND THE OTHER OF THE
           VOTES FOR VICE PRESIDENT SO GIVEN AS AFORESAID. NAME OF PERSONS
           VOTED FOR, AL GORE OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, 33. NAMES OF

{14:22:30} (MR. THOMAS) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           PERSONS VOTED FOR, JOE LIEBERMAN OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
           33. SIGNED BY THE PERTINENT ELECTORS AND DULY ATTESTED, MR.
           PRESIDENT, THE CERTIFICATE OF THE ELECTORAL VOTE OF THE STATE
           OF NEW YORK SEEMS TO BE REGULAR IN FORM AND AUTHENTIC. IT
           APPEARS THEREFROM THAT AL GORE OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE
           RECEIVED 33 VOTES FOR PRESIDENT AND JOE LIEBERMAN OF THE STATE
           OF CONNECTICUT RECEIVED 33 VOTES FOR VICE PRESIDENT.

{14:22:54 NSP} (VICE PRESIDENT GORE) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           VICE PRESIDENT GORE: IS THERE OBJECTION?
           HEARING NONE, THE CHAIR HANDS TO THE TELLERS THE CERTIFICATE OF
           THE ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF
           NORTH CAROLINA AND THEY WILL READ THE CERTIFICATE AND WILL
           COUNT AND MAKE A LIST OF THE VOTES CAST BY THAT STATE.

{14:23:12 NSP} (MR. MCCONNELL) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           MR. MCCONNELL: WE, THE UNDERSIGNED ELECTORS BEING THE DULY
           ELECTED ELECTORS FOR THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DO HEREBY
           CERTIFY THAT ON THE 18TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2000, IN THE STATE OF
           NORTH CAROLINA DULY AND REGULARLY MET AND CONVENED AND THERE BY
           AUTHORITY OF LAW IN US VESTED VOTED FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE
           PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WITH THE FOLLOWING
           RESULTS -- FOR PRESIDENT, GEORGE W. BUSH, 14 VOTES. FOR VICE
           PRESIDENT, DICK CHENEY, 14 VOTES. MR. PRESIDENT, THE
           CERTIFICATE OF THE ELECTORAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF NORTH
           CAROLINA SEEMS TO BE REGULAR IN FORM AND AUTHENTIC AND IT
           APPEARS THEREFROM THAT GEORGE W. BUSH OF THE STATE OF TEXAS

{14:23:43} (MR. MCCONNELL) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           RECEIVED 14 VOTES FOR PRESIDENT AND DICK CHENEY OF THE STATE OF
           WYOMING RECEIVED 14 VOTES FOR VICE PRESIDENT.

{14:23:49 NSP} (VICE PRESIDENT GORE) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           VICE PRESIDENT GORE: IS THERE OBJECTION?
           HEARING NONE, THE CHAIR HANDS TO THE TELLERS THE CERTIFICATE OF
           THE ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF
           NORTH DAKOTA AND THEY WILL READ THE CERTIFICATE AND WILL COUNT
           AND MAKE A LIST OF THE VOTES CAST BY THAT STATE.

{14:24:07 NSP} (MR. FATTAH) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           MR. FATTAH: WE, THE YUN SIGNED ELECTORS, FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE
           PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS CHOSEN BY THE
           VOTERS OF NORTH DAKOTA AND AS LISTED ON THE ATTACHED
           CERTIFICATE OF ASCERTAINMENT MADE AND DELIVERED TO US BY THE
           EXECUTIVE OF SAID STATE HAVING MET ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONS
           OF FEDERAL AND STATE LAW IN SAID STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA ON THE
           FIRST MONDAY AFTER THE SECOND WEDNESDAY ON DECEMBER OF THE YEAR
           2000, BEING THE 18TH DAY OF SAID MONTH, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT

{14:24:38} (MR. FATTAH) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           BEING SO ASSEMBLED AND DULY ORGANIZED, WE PROCEEDED TO VOTE BY
           BALLOT AND BALLOT FIRST FOR PRESIDENT AND THEN VICE PRESIDENT
           BY DISTINCT BALLOTS. WE FURTHER CERTIFY THAT THE FOLLOWING ARE
           THE TWO DISTINCT LISTS, ONE SHOWING VOTES FOR PRESIDENT AND THE
           OTHER SHOWING THE VOTES CAST FOR VICE PRESIDENT. FOR PRESIDENT,
           GEORGE W. BUSH, THREE VOTES. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, DICK CHENEY,
           THREE VOTES. SIGNED BY THE PERTINENT ELECTORS AND DULY
           ATTESTED, MR. PRESIDENT, THE CERTIFICATE OF THE ELECTORAL VOTE
           OF THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA SEEMS TO BE REGULAR IN FORM AND

{14:25:11} (MR. FATTAH) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           AUTHENTIC, AND IT APPEARS THEREFROM THAT GEORGE W. BUSH OF THE
           STATE OF TEXAS RECEIVED THREE VOTES FOR PRESIDENT AND DICK
           CHENEY FROM THE STATE OF WYOMING RECEIVED THREE VOTES FOR VICE
           PRESIDENT.

{14:25:23 NSP} (VICE PRESIDENT GORE) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           VICE PRESIDENT GORE: IS THERE OBJECTION?
           HEARING NONE, THE CHAIR HANDS TO THE TELLERS THE CERTIFICATE OF
           THE ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF
           OHIO AND THEY WILL READ THE CERTIFICATE AND WILL COUNT AND MAKE
           A LIST OF THE VOTES CAST BY THAT STATE.

{14:25:39 NSP} (MR. DODD) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           MR. DODD: STATE OF OHIO, WE, THE UNDERSIGNED ELECTORS OF
           PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
           FOR THE RESPECTIVE TERMS OF FOUR YEARS BEGINNING ON THE 20TH
           DAY OF JANUARY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 2001, BEING ELECTORS
           DULY AND LEGALLY APPOINTED AND QUALIFIED BY AND FOR THE STATE
           OF OHIO AS APPEARS BY THE ANNEXED LIST OF ELECTORS MADE,
           CERTIFIED AND DELIVERED TO US BY THE EXECUTIVE OF THE STATE,
           HAVING MET AND CONVENED AT THE STATE HOUSE IN THE CITY OF
           COLUMBUS IN THE STATE OF OHIO, IN PURSUANCE OF THE DIRECTION OF
           THE LEGISLATURE OF SAID STATE ON THE FIRST MONDAY AFTER THE

{14:26:11} (MR. DODD) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           SECOND WEDNESDAY IN DECEMBER, BEING THE 18TH DAY OF DECEMBER,
           2000, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT BEING SO ASSEMBLED AND DULY
           ORGANIZED WE PROCEEDED TO VOTE BY BALLOT AND BALLOTED FIRST FOR
           SUCH PRESIDENT AND THEN FOR SUCH VICE PRESIDENT BY DISTINCT
           BALLOTS. AND WE FURTHER CERTIFY THAT THE FOLLOWING ARE TWO
           DISTINCT LISTS, ONE OF THE VOTES CAST FOR PRESIDENT AND THE
           OTHER OF THE VOTES FOR VICE PRESIDENT, SO CAST AS AFORESAID.
           SIGNED BY THE PERTINENT ELECTORS AND DULY ATTESTED, MR.

{14:26:42} (MR. DODD) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           PRESIDENT, THE CERTIFICATE OF THE ELECTORAL VOTE OF THE STATE
           OF OHIO SEEMS TO BE REGULAR IN FORM AND AUTHENTIC AND IT
           APPEARS THEREFROM THAT GEORGE W. BUSH OF THE STATE OF TEXAS
           RECEIVED 21 VOTES FOR PRESIDENT AND DICK CHENEY OF THE STATE OF
           WYOMING RECEIVED 21 VOTES FOR VICE PRESIDENT.

{14:26:55 NSP} (VICE PRESIDENT GORE) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           VICE PRESIDENT GORE: IS THERE OBJECTION?
           HEARING NONE, THE CHAIR HANDS TO THE TELLERS THE CERTIFICATE OF
           THE ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF
           OKLAHOMA AND THEY WILL READ THE CERTIFICATE AND WILL COUNT AND
           MAKE A LIST OF THE VOTES CAST BY THAT STATE.

{14:27:12 NSP} (MR. THOMAS) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           MR. THOMAS: STATE OF OKLAHOMA FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
           STATES OF AMERICA, THE ELECTORS DULY CHOSEN FOR THE STATE OF
           OKLAHOMA CAST THEIR VOTES AS FOLLOWS. GEORGE W. BUSH, EIGHT
           VOTES. FOR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THE ELECTORS
           DULY CHOSEN FOR THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA CAST THEIR VOTES AS
           FOLLOWS -- DICK CHENEY, EIGHT VOTES. SIGNED BY THE PERTINENT
           ELECTORS AND DULY ATTESTED, MR. PRESIDENT, THE CERTIFICATE OF
           THE ELECTORAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA SEEMS TO BE REGULAR
           IN FORM AND AUTHENTIC AND IT APPEARS THEREFROM THAT GEORGE W.
           BUSH OF THE STATE OF TEXAS RECEIVED EIGHT VOTES FOR PRESIDENT

{14:27:42} (MR. THOMAS) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           AND DICK CHENEY OF THE STATE OF WYOMING RECEIVED EIGHT VOTES
           FOR VICE PRESIDENT.

{14:27:45 NSP} (VICE PRESIDENT GORE) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           VICE PRESIDENT GORE: IS THERE OBJECTION?
           HEARING NONE, THE CHAIR HANDS TO THE TELLERS THE CERTIFICATE OF
           THE ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF
           OREGON AND THEY WILL READ THE CERTIFICATE AND WILL COUNT AND
           MAKE A LIST OF THE VEATS CAST BY THAT STATE.

{14:28:01 NSP} (MR. MCCONNELL) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           MR. MCCONNELL: WE, THE UNDERSIGNED ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND
           VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE RESPECTIVE TERMS
           BEGINNING ON JANUARY 20, 2001, BEING ELECTORS LEGALLY ELECTED
           AND QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE OF OREGON APPEARS BY THE ATTACHED
           CERTIFICATE DELIVERED TO US BY THE EXECUTIVE OF SAID STATE
           HAVING MET IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW ON DECEMBER 18, 2000, THE
           FIRST MONDAY AFTER THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH, DO HEREBY
           CERTIFY THAT BEING SO ASSEMBLED, WE PROCEEDED TO VOTE BY BALLOT
           AND BALLOTED FIRST FOR PRESIDENT AND THEN FOR VICE PRESIDENT BY

{14:28:32} (MR. MCCONNELL) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           DISTINCT BALLOTS. WE FURTHER CERTIFY THAT THE FOLLOWING ARE TWO
           DISTINCT LISTS, ONE FOR THE VOTES FOR PRESIDENT, THE OTHER FOR
           THE VOTES FOR VICE PRESIDENT. MR. PRESIDENT, THE CERTIFICATE OF
           THE ELECTORAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF OREGON SEEMS TO BE REGULAR
           IN FORM AND AUTHENTIC AND IT APPEARS THAT AL GORE RECEIVED
           SEVEN VOTES FOR PRESIDENT AND JOE LIEBERMAN OF THE STATE OF
           CONNECTICUT RECEIVED SEVEN VOTES FOR VICE PRESIDENT.

{14:28:57 NSP} (VICE PRESIDENT GORE) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           VICE PRESIDENT GORE: IS THERE OBJECTION?
           HEARING NONE, THE CHAIR HANDS TO THE TELLERS THE CERTIFICATE --
           TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM PENNSYLVANIA AND THE OTHER TELLERS THE
           CERTIFICATE OF ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
           COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. THEY WILL READ THE CERTIFICATE
           AND WILL COUNT AND MAKE A LIST OF THE VOTES CAST BY THAT STATE.

{14:29:21 NSP} (MR. FATTAH) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           MR. FATTAH: IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE THAT I READ THE CERTIFICATE
           OF THE VOTES FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT FROM THE
           COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. WE, THE UNDERSIGNED ELECTORS OF
           PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
           FOR THE RESPECTIVE TERMS BEGINNING THE 20TH DAY OF JANUARY,
           2001, BEING ELECTORS DULY AND LEGALLY APPOINTED AND QUALIFIED
           BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA AS APPEARS BY THE ANNEXED
           CERTIFICATE OF ASCERTAINMENT MADE AND DELIVERED TO US BY THE

{14:29:51} (MR. FATTAH) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           EXECUTIVE OF THE SAID COMMONWEALTH AND AS APPEARS BY THE
           ANNEXED CERTIFICATE MADE BY US FILLING VACANCIES OCCASIONED BY
           THE FAILURE OF ELECTORS TO APPEAR TO PERFORM THEIR DUTIES
           HAVING MET
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{ NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT OF THE SENATE PROCEEDINGS.}