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MineralMan

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18. I think the rule is that only official electors and a few officials are allowed to be present.

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #16)

Mon Dec 14, 2020, 03:40 PM

Dec 2020

That's why all of the folderol over the election of the alternate. They're carrying around the certificate of election to each elector for signing, announcing their names as they go. This is a very, very formal proceeding.

This is the pinnacle of orderly government processes. There's no rush, so they're doing it very formally and precisely. It's one of the most important jobs in the country today. They're treating it as such.

Pomp and Circumstance is in order, it seems.

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