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Congress to make it official: Obama's the president-elect

 

Published 1/8/2009 by CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney at CNN Political Ticker

Congress will officially certify Obama as the president-elect Thursday. WASHINGTON (CNN) — Barack Obama will officially become the president-elect today when Congress meets in a joint session to tally the ballots from the Electoral College, which convened last month in every state and the District of Columbia. No surprises are expected at the gathering, which is mandated [...] (link)

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