{ 2001/01/06 TIME: 14-30 , Sat. 107TH SENATE, FIRST SESSION}

{ NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT OF THE SENATE PROCEEDINGS.}


           LAW AT HARRISBURG IN THE SAID COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ON
           THE FIRST MONDAY AFTER THE SECOND WEDNESDAY IN DECEMBER OF THE
           YEAR 2000 BEING THE 18TH DAY OF SAID MONTH, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
           THAT BEING SO ASSEMBLED AND DULY ORGANIZED, WE PROCEEDED TO
           VOTE BY BALLOT AND BALLOTED FIRST FOR PRESIDENT AND THEN FOR
           VICE PRESIDENT BY DISTINCT BALLOTS, AND WE DO FURTHER CERTIFY
           THAT THE FOLLOWING ARE TWO DISTINCT LISTS, ONE OF ALL THE VOTES

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           FOR PRESIDENT AND THE OTHER OF ALL THE VOTES FOR VICE SPOT
           CAST. FOR PRESIDENT, AL GORE, HE RECEIVED 23 VOTES AND FOR VICE
           PRESIDENT, JOE LIEBERMAN, 23 VOTES. SIGNED BY THE PERTINENT
           ELECTORS AND DULY ATTESTED, MR. PRESIDENT, THE CERTIFICATE OF
           THE ELECTORAL VOTE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA SEEMS TO
           BE REGULAR IN FORM AND AUTHENTIC AND IT APPEARS THEREFROM THAT
           AL GORE OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE RECEIVE 23 VOTES FOR
           PRESIDENT AND JOE LIEBERMAN OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT RECEIVE
           23 VOTES FOR VICE PRESIDENT.

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           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
           RHODE ISLAND. 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. DODD: WE THE UNDERSIGNED ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE
           PRESIDENT FOR THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND OF PROVIDENCE
           PLANTATION DO CERTIFY IN PURSUANT TO LAW THE LIST OF THE VOTES
           OF SAID STATE CAST BY US AS THE ELECTORS THERE OF AS PRESIDENT
           AND ALL THE VOTES OF SAID STATE CAST BY US AS THE ELECTORS
           THEREOF OF VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE RESPECTIVE TERMS BEGINNING ON
           THE 20TH DAY OF JANUARY A.D., 2001, AND HEARING CONTAINED.
           WITNESS OUR HANDS AT PROVIDENCE THIS FIRST MONDAY AFTER THE

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           SECOND WEDNESDAY, THE SAME BEING THE 18TH DAY OF DECEMBER,
           A.D., 2000, SIGNED BY THE PERTINENT ELECTORS AND DULY ATTESTED.
           VICE PRESIDENT, THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND CERTIFICATE SEEMS TO
           BE REGULAR IN FORM AND AUTHENTIC AND APPEARS THEREFROM AL GORE
           FROM THE STATE OF TENNESSEE RECEIVE FOUR VOTES FOR PRESIDENT
           AND JOE LIEBERMAN FROM THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT RECEIVE FOUR
           VOTES FOR VICE PRESIDENT.

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           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
           SOUTH CAROLINA. 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 SOUTH CAROLINA, OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF
           STATE, JIM MILES. 2,000 ELECTORAL COLLEGE CERTIFICATE OF VOTE.
           WE THE UNDERSIGNED, BEING DULY ELECTED ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT
           AND VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN
           SOUTH CAROLINA ON THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON TUESDAY,
           NOVEMBER 7, 2000, PURSUANT TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE
           UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE CERTIFY THAT THE FOLLOWING
           CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT RECEIVE THE
           FOLLOWING NUMBER OF VOTES. BY BALLOT AT THE MEETING OF ELECTORS
           HELD ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, IN COLUMBIA. FOR PRESIDENT OF THE

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           UNITED STATES, GEORGE W. BUSH, NUMBER OF ELECTORAL VOTES,
           EIGHT. FOR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, DICK CHENEY,
           NUMBER OF ELECTOR VOTES, EIGHT. SIGNED BY THE PERTINENT
           ELECTORS AND DULY ATTESTED, MR. PRESIDENT, THE CERTIFICATE OF
           THE ELECTORAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA SEEMS TO BE
           REGULAR IN FORM AND AUTHENTIC AND APPEARS THEREFROM GEORGE W.
           BUSH FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS RECEIVED EIGHT VOTES FOR PRESIDENT
           AND DICK CHENEY OF THE STATE OF WYOMING RECEIVE EIGHT VOTES FOR
           VICE PRESIDENT.

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           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
           SOUTH DAKOTA. AND THEY WILL READ THE CERTIFICATE AND COUNT AND
           MAKE A LIST OF THE VOTES CAST BY THAT STATE.

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           MR. DODD: WE THE UNDERSIGNED ELECTORS FOR THE RESPECTIVE TERMS
           OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT BEGINNING JANUARY 20, BEING
           ELECTORS DULY AND LEGALLY ELECTED AND QUALIFIED IN AND FOR THE
           STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA AS APPEARS BY THE ANNEXED CERTIFICATE OF
           ASCERTAINMENT OF ELECTION MADE CERTIFIED AND DELIVERED TO US BY
           THE GOVERNOR OF SAID STATE AND HAVING THE SIGNATURE OF THE
           GOVERNOR OF SAID STATE AFFIXED THERE TO AND HAVING MET AT
           PIERRE IN THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN PURSUANCE OF THE
           STATUTES OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND OF THE UNITED STATES
           ON THE FIRST MONDAY AFTER THE SECOND WEDNESDAY IN DECEMBER

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           BEING THE 18TH DAY OF DECEMBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 2000,
           DO HEREBY CERTIFY BEING SO ASSEMBLED AND DULY ORGANIZED WE
           PROCEEDED TO VOTE AND BALLOTTED FIRST FOR PRESIDENT AND THEN
           FOR VICE PRESIDENT BY DISTINCT BALLOTS. MR. PRESIDENT, THE
           CERTIFICATE OF THE ELECTORAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA
           SEEMS TO BE REGULAR IN FORM AND AUTHENTIC AND APPEARS THEREFROM
           GEORGE W. BUSH OF THE STATE OF TEXAS RECEIVE THREE VOTES FOR
           PRESIDENT AND DICK CHENEY OF THE STATE OF WYOMING RECEIVE THREE
           VOTES FOR VICE PRESIDENT.

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           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 6
           TENNESSEE. AND THEY WILL READ THE CERTIFICATE AND COUNT AND
           MAKE A LIST OF THE VOTES CAST BY THAT STATE.

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           MR. FATTAH: WE THE UNDERSIGNED BEING DULY ELECTED ELECTORS FOR
           PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
           FOR THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AT THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD TUESDAY
           NOVEMBER 7, 2000, PURSUANT TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE
           U.S., UNITED STATES, AND THIS STATE CERTIFIED THE FOLLOWING
           CANDIDATES FOR. AND VICE PRESIDENT RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING NUMBER
           OF VOTES BY BALLOT AT THE MEETING OF ELECTORS HELD DECEMBER 18,
           2000, AT THE STATE CAPITOL OF TENNESSEE. GEORGE W. BUSH, 11.
           DICK CHENEY, 11. SIGNED BY THE PERTINENT ELECTORS AND DULY

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           ATTESTED, MR. PRESIDENT, THE CERTIFICATE OF THE ELECTORAL VOTES
           OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE SEEM TO BE REGULAR IN FORM AND
           AUTHENTIC AND APPEARS THEREFROM THAT GEORGE W. BUSH OF THE
           STATE OF TEXAS RECEIVE 11 VOTES FOR PRESIDENT AND DICK CHENEY
           FROM THE STATE OF WYOMING RECEIVE 11 VOTES FOR VICE PRESIDENT.

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           VICE PRESIDENT GORE: IS THERE OBJECTION?
           HEARING NONE, THE CHAIR HANDS TO THE TELLERS THE CERTIFICATE OF
           THE ELECTORS F PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF
           TEXAS. 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. DODD: WE THE DULY ELECTED ELECTORS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS
           CERTIFY WE CONVENED IN THE STATE CAPITOL OF AUSTIN, TEXAS,
           CONVENED DECEMBER 15 FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING FOR PRESIDENT
           AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. WE FURTHER CERTIFY THE
           PERSONS WHOSE NAMES ARE LISTED HEREIN VOTED BY INDIVIDUAL
           BALLOT FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND FOR VICE
           PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE NUMBER OF VOTES CAST FOR
           EACH OFFICE NUMBERED 32. FOR PRESIDENT, GEORGE W. BUSH RECEIVED
           32 VOTES AND NO VOTES WERE CAST FOR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR
           PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, DICK CHENEY

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           RECEIVED 32 VOTES AND NO VOTES WERE CAST FOR ANY OTHER PERSON
           FOR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. IN TESTIMONY THEREOF,
           WE HAVE HERE UNTO SIGNED OUR NAMES OFFICIALLY THIS 18TH DAY OF
           DECEMBER, 2000, SIGNED BY THE PERTINENT ELECTORS AND DULY
           ATTESTED. MR. PRESIDENT, THE CERTIFICATE OF THE ELECTORAL VOTE
           OF THE STATE OF TEXAS SEEMS TO BE REGULAR IN FORM AND AUTHENTIC
           AND IT APPEARS THEREFROM GEORGE W. BUSH FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS
           RECEIVE 32 VOTES FOR PRESIDENT AND DICK CHENEY OF THE STATE OF
           WYOMING RECEIVE 32 VOTES FOR VICE PRESIDENT.

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           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
           UTAH, 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: STATE OF UTAH EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT CERTIFICATE OF
           VOTE. WE THE LEGALLY ELECTED AND QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF
           PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
           FOR THE STATE OF UTAH AS APPEARS ON THE ATTACHED CERTIFICATE OF
           ASCERTAINMENT AS CERTIFIED BY THE GOVERNOR THE SAID STATE WITH
           THE GREAT SEAL AFFIXED THERE TO HAVING MET IN THE OFFICE OF
           LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AT 12 NOON ON MONDAY DECEMBER 18, 2000,
           REPORTED OURSELVES TO THE GOVERNOR OF SAID STATE AS IN
           ATTENDANCE IN PURENS OF THE STATUTES OF THE UNITED STATES AND
           OF THE STATUTES OF THE STATE OF UTAH FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING

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           FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
           AMERICA, WE DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT BEING SO CONVENED AND DULY
           ORGANIZED WE PROCEEDED TO VOTE BY SEPARATE BALLOT FIRST FOR
           PRESIDENT AND SECONDLY FOR VICE PRESIDENT THAT THE FOLLOWING
           TWO DISTINCT LISTS ARE A STATEMENT OF THE VOTES GIVEN AS
           AFORESAID. ONE OF THE VOTES FOR PRESIDENT AND THE OTHER OF
           VOTES FOR VICE PRESIDENT. LIST OF ALL PERSONS VOTED FOR AS
           PRESIDENT WITH THE NUMBER OF VOTES GIVEN FOR EACH, NAME OF
           PERSON VOTED FOR, GEORGE W. BUSH OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. NUMBER
           OF VOTES RECEIVED, FIVE. LIST OF ALL PERSONS VOTED FOR AS VICE

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           PRESIDENT WITH THE NUMBER OF VOTES GIVEN FOR EACH. NUMBER OF
           PERSONS VOTED FOR, DICK CHENEY OF THE STATE OF WYOMING, NUMBER
           OF VOTES RECEIVED, FIVE. SIGNED BY THE PERTINENT ELECTORS AND
           DULY ATTESTED, MR. PRESIDENT, THE CERTIFICATE OF THE ELECTORAL
           VOTE OF THE STATE OF UTAH 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.

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           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
           VERMONT, AND THEY WILL READ THE CERTIFICATE AND COUNT AND MAKE
           A LIST OF THE VOTES CAST BY THAT STATE.

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           MR. MCCONNELL: WE HEREBY CERTIFY THE ATTACHED OF THE
           CERTIFICATE OF ASCERTAINMENT LISTING NUMBER OF VOTES RECEIVED
           AND THE CERTIFICATE OF VOTES LISTING ALL PERSONS WHO RECEIVED
           ELECTORAL VOTES FOR PRESIDENT WITH THE NUMBER OF VOTES RECEIVED
           AND ALL PERSONS WHO RECEIVED VOTES FOR VICE PRESIDENT AND THE
           NUMBER OF VOTES RECEIVED AS SIGNED AND CERTIFIED BY THE
           ELECTRIC TORES AT THE DECEMBER 18, 2000 MEETING AT THE
           STATEHOUSE IN MOUNT PILIERE, VERMONT. THE STATE OF VERMONT
           SEEMS TO BE REGULAR IN FORM AND AUTHENTIC AND IT APPEARS
           THEREFROM AL GORE FROM THE STATE OF TENNESSEE RECEIVED THREE

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           VOTES FOR PRESIDENT AND JOE LIEBERMAN OF THE STATE OF
           CONNECTICUT RECEIVE THREE VOTES FOR VICE PRESIDENT.

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           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
           COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, AND THEY WILL READ THE CERTIFICATE
           AND WILL COUNT AND MAKE A LIST OF THE VOTES CAST BY THAT
           COMMONWEALTH.

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           MR. FATTAH: COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, WE THE UNDERSIGNED
           ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
           OF AMERICA FOR THE NEXT ENSUING REGULAR TERM OF THE RESPECTIVE
           OFFICES THEREOF BEING ELECTORS DULY AND LEGALLY APPOINTED BY
           THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA AS APPEARS BY THE ANNEXED LIST OF
           ELECTORS IN THE CERTIFICATE OF THE EXECUTIVE MADE CERTIFIED AND
           DELIVERED TO US BY THE DIRECTION OF THE EXECUTIVE OF THE STATE,
           HAVING MET AND CONVENED IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, IN

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           THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT AT THE CAPITOL IN PURSUE ANSWER OF THE
           CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND ALSO IN
           PURSUANCE OF THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
           VIRGINIA ON THE 18TH DAY OF DECEMBER IN THE YEAR OF THE LORD
           2000 DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT BEING SO ASSEMBLED WE DULY
           QUALIFIED AN ORGANIZED AND THAT ALL THE ELECTORS DULY AND
           LEGALLY APPOINTED BY AND FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
           APPEARED IN ANSWER TO THEIR NAMES AND THERE UPON BEING DULY IN
           SESSION AT SAID CAPITOL ON THE 18TH DAY OF DECEMBER IN THE YEAR

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           OF OUR LORD, 2000, WE PROCEEDED TO VOTE BY BALLOT AND BALLOTTED
           FIRST FOR SUCH PRESIDENT AND THEN FOR SUCH VICE PRESIDENT BY
           DISTINCT BALLOTS. AND WE FURTHER CERTIFIED THAT THE FOLLOWING
           ARE THE TWO DISTINCT LISTS, ONE, A VOTE FOR PRESIDENT AND THE
           OTHER VOTES FOR VICE PRESIDENT. GEORGE W. BUSH, STATE OF TEXAS,
           RECEIVED 13 VOTES. DICK CHENEY FROM THE STATE OF WYOMING
           RECEIVED 13 VOTES FOR VICE PRESIDENT. SIGNED BY THE PERTINENT
           ELECTORS IN DULY ATTESTED, MR. PRESIDENT, THE CERTIFICATE OF

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           THE ELECTORAL VOTE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA SEEMS TO BE
           REGULAR IN FORM AND AUTHENTIC, AND IT APPEARS THEREFROM THAT
           GEORGE W. BUSH OF THE STATE OF TEXAS RECEIVE 13 VOTES FOR
           PRESIDENT AND DICK CHENEY OF THE STATE OF WYOMING RECEIVE 13
           VOTES FOR VICE PRESIDENT.

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           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
           WASHINGTON 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. DODD: CERTIFICATE OF ELECTORAL COLLEGE OF THE STATE OF
           WISCONSIN WE THE UNDERSIGNED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS OF THE STATE
           OF WASHINGTON BEING DULY ELECTED AND QUALIFIED AS EVIDENCED BY
           THE CERTIFICATE OF ASCERTAINMENT DELIVERED TO US BY THE
           GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON AND HAVING MET PURSUANT TO
           PROVISIONS OF THE
           
           STATE LAW OF OLYMPIA AT 12:00 NOON ON THE FIRST MONDAY AFTER
           THE SECOND WEDNESDAY IN DECEMBER 2000, DO CERTIFY THAT WE HAVE
           VOTED BY BALLOT SEPARATELY FOR THE OFFICES OF PRESIDENT OF THE
           UNITED STATES AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

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           RESPECTIVE TERMS WHICH BEGIN ON THE 20TH OF JANUARY 2001 AND
           THAT THE FOLLOWING ARE THE NAMES OF ALL THE PERSONS WHO
           RECEIVED VOTES FOR THESE OFFICES RESPECTIVELY. SIGNED BY THE
           PERTINENT ELECTORS AND DULY ATTESTED. MR. PRESIDENT, THE
           CTIFICATE OF THE ELECTORAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
           SEEMS TO BE REGULAR IN FORM, AUTHENTIC, AND IT APPEARS
           THEREFROM THAT AL GORE OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE RECEIVED 11
           VOTES FOR PRESIDENT AND JOE LIEBERMAN OF THE STATE OF
           CONNECTICUT RECEIVED 11 VOTES FOR VICE PRESIDENT.

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           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
           WEST VIRGINIA, AND THEY WILL READ THE CERTIFICATE AND COUNT AND
           MAKE A LIST OF THE VOTES CAST BY THAT STATE.

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           MR. THOMAS: CERTIFICATE OF VOTE, WE THE ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT
           AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES CHOSEN BY THE PEOPLE OF
           WEST VIRGINIA, AT THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON NOVEMBER 7,
           2000, CERTIFIED WE ASSEMBLED IN THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR,
           STATE CAPITOL, CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA ON DECEMBER 18, 2000
           AND VOTED AS FOLLOWS. FOR PRESIDENT, GEORGE W. BUSH, FIVE
           VOTES. FOR VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY, FIVE VOTES. SIGNED BY
           THE PERTINENT ELECTORS AND DULY ATTESTED, MR. PRESIDENT, THE
           CERTIFICATE OF THE ELECTORAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA
           SEEMS TO BE REGULAR IN FORM AND AUTHENTIC AND IT APPEARS

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           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.

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           VICE PRESIDENT GORE: IS THERE OBJECTION?
           HEARING NONE, THE CHAIR HANDS TO THE TELLERS THE CERTIFICATE OF
           THE ELECTORS OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. 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. MCCONNELL: WE THE UNDERSIGNED ELECTORS OF THE PRESIDENT AND
           VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BEING DULY
           ELECTED AND QUALIFIED AND ACTING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS OF THE
           STATE OF WISCONSIN PURSUANT TO THE ATTACHED CERTIFICATE OF THE
           DESIGNEE OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE STATE ELECTIONS BOARD
           CERTIFIED BY KEVIN KENNEDY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE
           ELECTIONS BOARD AND EXEMPLIFIED
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