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The chair hands the certificate of the electors for president and vice president of the state of Florida to the tellers. An objection to Florida’s votes is presented in writing, signed by a number of members of the House of Representatives, but not by a member of the Senate. A member of the Congressional Black Caucus states that he is objecting to the counting of the 25 electoral votes from Florida, thanking the president for the inquiry, and says the objection is signed on behalf of his diverse constituents and the millions of Americans disenfranchised by Florida’s inaccurate vote count.
The clerk reports the objection, noting that it is signed by a member of the House and a United States senator. The objection to Ohio’s electoral votes is read, raised on the ground that the votes were not “under all of the known circumstances regularly given.” It is signed by Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio and Barbara Boxer of California.
Another speaker says the objection today is raised because there are irregularities across the country with regard to voting, and that Congress has an obligation to step up to the plate and correct them. A further speaker dedicates the Ohio objection to Michael Moore, the producer of the documentary Fahrenheit 9/11.
A speaker notes that, first of all, no election official in Ohio has provided any explanation for the massive and widespread irregularity in the state, including machines in Mahoning County that recorded “carry” votes for Bush. There is a sense of concern about irregularities across the nation.
In closing, another speaker remarks that people are dying all over the world, many from his state, in the name of bringing democracy to distant parts of the world, and asks, “Let’s fix it here, and let’s do it first thing out.”