Representative Stephanie Tubbs-Jones (Democrat Ohio) and Senator Barbara Boxer (Democrat California) objected to the counting of Ohio's electoral votes during the Tabulation Joint Session of Congress.
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From the 6 January 2005 Congressional Record beginning at H84 and quoted from pages H85 and H86:
- "Mr. NEY.
- Mr. President, certificate of the electoral vote well-known and great State of to be regular in form and and it appears therefrom W. Bush of the State of Texas received 20 votes for President and Dick Cheney from State of Wyoming received 20 votes for Vice President.
- The VICE PRESIDENT.
- For what purpose does the gentlewoman Ohio rise?
- Mrs. JONES of Ohio.
- Mr. President, I seek to object to electoral votes of the State of Ohio on the ground that they were not, under all of the known circumstances, regularly given and have a signed objection, and I do have a Senator.
- The VICE PRESIDENT.
- Has the Senator signed the objection?
- Mrs. JONES of Ohio.
- Mr. Vice President, the Senator has signed the objection.
- The VICE PRESIDENT.
- An objection presented in writing and signed by both a Representative and a Senator complies with the law, chapter 1 of title 3, United States Code.
- The Clerk will report the objection. The Clerk read the objection as follows:
- We, a Member of the House of Representatives and a United States Senator, object to the counting of the electoral votes of the State of Ohio on the ground that they were not, under all of the known circumstances, regularly given.
- STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES, Representative, State of Ohio.
BARBARA BOXER, Senator, State of California.
- The VICE PRESIDENT.
- Are there further objections to the certificate from the State of Ohio?
- The Chair hears none.
- The two Houses will withdraw from joint session. Each House will deliberate separately on the pending objection and report its decision back to the joint session."
An email received from the John Kerry Campaign on 5 January 2005 titled "Counting On You to Make Sure Votes Get Counted"
Senator Barbara Boxer's (Democrat California) 5 January 2004 letter to Congressman Stephanie Tubbs Jones (Democrat Ohio)
Congresswoman Tubbs Jones' (Democrat Ohio) 6 January 2004 Objection to the Certification of Ohio Electoral Votes
Senator Barbara Boxer's (Democrat California) Objection To The Certification Of Ohio's Electoral Votes
Preserving our Democracy: What went Wrong in Ohio Status Report of the House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff (January 5, 2005)
The two houses met separately for of debate after which they voted as to whether or not to count the Ohio electoral vote as cast, which was 20 votes for Bush and Cheney. This is the first time an objection has been raised to a state's electoral vote since January 1969.
The SENATE vote on the objection to the counting of Ohio's Electoral Vote was 1 Yea, 74 Nay (with 25 not voting).
- Alabama: Sessions (R), Nay; Shelby (R), Not Voting
- Alaska: Murkowski (R), Not Voting; Stevens (R), Nay
- Arizona: Kyl (R), Not Voting; McCain (R), Not Voting
- Arkansas: Lincoln (D), Nay; Pryor (D), Nay
- California: Boxer (D), Yea; Feinstein (D), Not Voting
- Colorado: Allard (R), Nay; Salazar (D), Nay
- Connecticut: Dodd (D), Nay; Lieberman (D), Nay
- Delaware: Biden (D), Nay; Carper (D), Nay
- Florida: Martinez (R), Not Voting; Nelson (D), Nay
- Georgia: Chambliss (R), Nay; Isakson (R), Nay
- Hawaii: Akaka (D), Not Voting; Inouye (D), Nay
- Idaho: Craig (R), Not Voting; Crapo (R), Nay
- Illinois: Durbin (D), Nay; Obama (D), Nay
- Indiana: Bayh (D), Not Voting; Lugar (R), Not Voting
- Iowa: Grassley (R), Nay; Harkin (D), Nay
- Kansas: Brownback (R), Nay; Roberts (R), Nay
- Kentucky: Bunning (R), Not Voting; McConnell (R), Nay
- Louisiana: Landrieu (D), Not Voting; Vitter (R), Not Voting
- Maine: Collins (R), Nay; Snowe (E), Nay
- Maryland: Mikulski (D), Nay; Sarbanes (D), Nay
- Massachusetts: Kennedy (D), Nay; Kerry (D), Not Voting
- Michigan: Levin (D), Nay; Stabenow (D), Nay
- Minnesota: Coleman (R), Nay; Dayton (D), Nay
- Mississippi: Cochran (R), Nay; Lott (R), Nay
- Missouri: Bond (R), Nay; Talent (R), Nay
- Montana: Baucus (D), Nay; Burns (R), Not Voting
- Nebraska: Hagel (R), Nay; Nelson (D), Nay
- Nevada: Ensign (R), Not Voting; Reid (D), Nay
- New Hampshire: Gregg (R), Nay; Sununu (R), Nay
- New Jersey: Corzine (J), Not Voting; Lautenberg (D), Nay
- New Mexico: Bingaman (D), Not Voting; Domenici (R), Nay
- New York: Clinton (D), Nay; Schumer (D), Nay
- North Carolina: Burr (R), Nay; Dole (R), Nay
- North Dakota: Conrad (D), Nay; Dorgan (D), Nay
- Ohio: DeWine (R), Nay; Voinovich (R), Nay
- Oklahoma: Coburn (R), Nay; Inhofe (R), Not Voting
- Oregon: Smith (R), Nay; Wyden (D), Nay
- Pennsylvania: Santorum (R), Nay; Specter (R), Nay
- Rhode Island: Chafee (R), Not Voting; Reed (D), Nay
- South Carolina: DeMint (R), Nay; Graham (R), Nay
- South Dakota: Johnson (D), Nay; Thune (R), Nay
- Tennessee: Alexander (N), Nay; Frist (N), Not Voting
- Texas: Cornyn (R), Nay; Hutchison (R), Not Voting
- Utah: Bennett (R), Nay; Hatch (R), Nay
- Vermont: Jeffords (I), Nay; Leahy (D), Nay
- Virginia: Allen (R), Not Voting; Warner (R), Nay
- Washington: Cantwell (D), Nay; Murray (D), Not Voting
- West Virginia: Byrd (D), Nay; Rockefeller (D), Nay
- Wisconsin: Feingold (D), Nay; Kohl (D), Nay
- Wyoming: Enzi (R), Nay; Thomas (R), Not Voting
The HOUSE vote on same objection was 31 Yea, 267 Nay (with 132 not voting [the total House vote is 430 because 4 members of the House have not yet shown up to be sworn in (there is also the Matsui vacancy)])... thus, the Ohio Electoral Vote was counted as originally cast (20 for Bush/Cheney).
- Alaska: Young (R), Nay
- Alabama: Bonner (R-1), Nay; Everett (R-2), Not Voting; Rogers (R-3), Not Voting; Aderholt (R-4), Nay; Cramer (D-5), Nay; Bachus (R-6), Nay; Davis (D-7), Nay
- Arkansas: Berry (D-1), Not Voting; Snyder (D-2), Nay; Boozman (R-3), Nay; Ross (D-4), Nay
- Arizona: Renzi (R-1), Nay; Franks (R-2), Nay; Shadegg (R-3), Nay; Pastor (D-4), Nay; Hayworth (R-5), Nay; Flake (R-6), Not Voting; Grijalva (D-7), Yea; Kolbe (R-8), Not Voting
- California: Thompson (D-1), Not Voting; Herger (R-2), Nay; Lungren (R-3), Nay; Doolittle (R-4), Not Voting; Matsui (D-5), vacant office; Woolsey (D-6), Yea; Miller (D-7), Nay; Pelosi (D-8), Nay; Lee (D-9), Yea; Tauscher (D-10), Not Voting; Pombo (R-11), Nay; Lantos (D-12), Not Voting; Stark (D-13), Not Voting; Eshoo (D-14), Not Voting; Honda (D-15), Not sworn; Lofgren (D-16), Not Voting; Farr (D-17), Yea; Cardoza (D-18), Not Voting; Radanovich (R-19), Nay; Costa (D-20), Nay; Nunes (R-21), Nay; Thomas (R-22), Nay; Capps (D-23), Not Voting; Gallegly (R-24), Not Voting; McKeon (R-25), Nay; Dreier (R-26), Nay; Sherman (D-27), Nay; Berman (D-28), Not Voting; Schiff (D-29), Not Voting; Waxman (D-30), Nay; Becerra (D-31), Not Voting; Solis (D-32), Nay; Watson (D-33), Yea; Roybal-Allard (D-34), Not Voting; Waters (D-35), Yea; Harman (D-36), Nay; Millender-McDonald (D-37), Not Voting; Napolitano (D-38), Nay; Sanchez, Linda T. (D-39), Nay; Royce (R-40), Nay; Lewis (R-41), Nay; Miller (R-42), Not Voting; Baca (D-43), Not Voting; Calvert (R-44), Nay; Bono (R-45), Not Voting; Rohrabacher (R-46), Not Voting; Sanchez, Loretta (D-47), Not Voting; Cox (R-48), Nay; Issa (R-49), Not Voting; Cunningham (R-50), Not Voting; Filner (D-51), Yea; Hunter (R-52), Nay; Davis (D-53), Nay
- Colorado: DeGette (D-1), Nay; Udall (D-2), Not Voting; Salazar (D-3), Nay; Musgrave (R-4), Nay; Hefley (R-5), Not Voting; Tancredo (R-6), Not Voting; Beauprez (R-7), Nay
- Connecticut: Larson (D-1), Nay; Simmons (R-2), Nay; DeLauro (D-3), Nay; Shays (R-4), Not Voting; Johnson (R-5), Not Voting
- Delaware: Castle (R), Nay
- Florida: Miller (R-1), Not Voting; Boyd (D-2), Not Voting; Brown (D-3), Yea; Crenshaw (R-4), Nay; Brown-Waite (R-5), Nay; Stearns (R-6), Not Voting; Mica (R-7), Not Voting; Keller (R-8), Nay; Bilirakis (R-9), Not Voting; Young (R-10), Nay; Davis (D-11), Nay; Putnam (R-12), Nay; Harris (R-13), Nay; Mack (R-14), Nay; Weldon (R-15), Not Voting; Foley (R-16), Nay; Meek (D-17), Nay; Ros-Lehtinen (R-18), Nay; Wexler (D-19), Not Voting; Wasserman Schultz (D-20), Nay; Diaz-Balart, Lincoln (R-21), Nay; Shaw (R-22), Nay; Hastings (D-23), Yea; Feeney (R-24), Nay; Diaz-Balart, Mario (R-25), Nay
- Georgia: Kingston (R-1), Nay; Bishop (D-2), Nay; Marshall (D-3), Nay; McKinney (D-4), Yea; Lewis (D-5), Yea; Price (R-6), Nay; Linder (R-7), Nay; Westmoreland (R-8), Nay; Norwood (R-9), Nay; Deal (R-10), Nay; Gingrey (R-11), Not Voting; Barrow (D-12), Nay; Scott (D-13), Nay
- Hawaii: Abercrombie (D-1), Not Voting; Case (D-2), Nay
- Iowa: Nussle (R-1), Nay; Leach (R-2), Not Voting; Boswell (D-3), Not Voting; Latham (R-4), Nay; King (R-5), Nay
- Idaho: Otter (R-1), Not Voting; Simpson (R-2), Nay
- Illinois: Rush (D-1), Not Voting; Jackson (D-2), Yea; Lipinski (D-3), Nay; Gutierrez (D-4), Not sworn; Emanuel (D-5), Not Voting; Hyde (R-6), Nay; Davis (D-7), Yea; Bean (D-8), Nay; Schakowsky (D-9), Yea; Kirk (R-10), Nay; Weller (R-11), Nay; Costello (D-12), Not Voting; Biggert (R-13), Not Voting; Hastert (R-14), Nay; Johnson (R-15), Not Voting; Manzullo (R-16), Nay; Evans (D-17), Yea; LaHood (R-18), Not Voting; Shimkus (R-19), Not Voting
- Indiana: Visclosky (D-1), Nay; Chocola (R-2), Nay; Souder (R-3), Not Voting; Buyer (R-4), Nay; Burton (R-5), Nay; Pence (R-6), Nay; Carson (D-7), Yea; Hostettler (R-8), Nay; Sodrel (R-9), Nay
- Kansas: Moran (R-1), Not Voting; Ryun (R-2), Nay; Moore (D-3), Nay; Tiahrt (R-4), Nay
- Kentucky: Whitfield (R-1), Nay; Lewis (R-2), Nay; Northup (R-3), Nay; Davis (R-4), Nay; Rogers (R-5), Nay; Chandler (D-6), Nay
- Louisiana: Jindal (R-1), Nay; Jefferson (D-2), Not Voting; Melancon (D-3), Nay; McCrery (R-4), Nay; Alexander (R-5), Nay; Baker (R-6), Not Voting; Boustany (R-7), Nay
- Massachusetts: Olver (D-1), Yea; Neal (D-2), Not Voting; McGovern (D-3), Nay; Frank (D-4), Not Voting; Meehan (D-5), Nay; Tierney (D-6), Nay; Markey (D-7), Yea; Capuano (D-8), Not Voting; Lynch (D-9), Not Voting; Delahunt (D-10), Not Voting
- Maryland: Gilchrest (R-1), Not Voting; Ruppersberger (D-2), Not Voting; Cardin (D-3), Not Voting; Wynn (D-4), Not Voting; Hoyer (D-5), Not Voting; Bartlett (R-6), Nay; Cummings (D-7), Nay; Van Hollen (D-8), Nay
- Maine: Allen (D-1), Not Voting; Michaud (D-2), Not Voting
- Michigan: Stupak (D-1), Not Voting; Hoekstra (R-2), Nay; Ehlers (R-3), Nay; Camp (R-4), Nay; Kildee (D-5), Nay; Upton (R-6), Nay; Schwarz (R-7), Nay; Rogers (R-8), Nay; Knollenberg (R-9), Nay; Miller (R-10), Nay; McCotter (R-11), Nay; Levin (D-12), Nay; Kilpatrick (D-13), Yea; Conyers (D-14), Yea; Dingell (D-15), Nay
- Minnesota: Gutknecht (R-1), Not Voting; Kline (R-2), Nay; Ramstad (R-3), Nay; McCollum (D-4), Nay; Sabo (D-5), Nay; Kennedy (R-6), Nay; Peterson (D-7), Nay; Oberstar (D-8), Nay
- Missouri: Clay (D-1), Yea; Akin (R-2), Nay; Carnahan (D-3), Nay; Skelton (D-4), Not Voting; Cleaver (D-5), Nay; Graves (R-6), Not Voting; Blunt (R-7), Nay; Emerson (R-8), Nay; Hulshof (R-9), Nay
- Mississippi: Wicker (R-1), Nay; Thompson (D-2), Yea; Pickering (R-3), Not Voting; Taylor (D-4), Nay
- Montana: Rehberg (R), Nay
- North Carolina: Butterfield (D-1), Nay; Etheridge (D-2), Nay; Jones (R-3), Not Voting; Price (D-4), Nay; Foxx (R-5), Nay; Coble (R-6), Not Voting; McIntyre (D-7), Not Voting; Hayes (R-8), Nay; Myrick (R-9), Nay; McHenry (R-10), Nay; Taylor (R-11), Nay; Watt (D-12), Nay; Miller (D-13), Nay
- North Dakota: Pomeroy (D), Nay
- Nebraska: Fortenberry (R-1), Nay; Terry (R-2), Not Voting; Osborne (R-3), Not sworn
- New Hampshire: Bradley (R-1), Nay; Bass (R-2), Not Voting
- New Jersey: Andrews (D-1), Nay; LoBiondo (R-2), Nay; Saxton (R-3), Nay; Smith (R-4), Nay; Garrett (R-5), Nay; Pallone (D-6), Yea; Ferguson (R-7), Nay; Pascrell (D-8), Not Voting; Rothman (D-9), Nay; Payne (D-10), Yea; Frelinghuysen (R-11), Nay; Holt (D-12), Nay; Menendez (D-13), Not Voting
- New Mexico: Wilson (R-1), Nay; Pearce (R-2), Not Voting; Udall (D-3), Nay
- Nevada: Berkley (D-1), Not Voting; Gibbons (R-2), Nay; Porter (R-3), Nay
- New York: Bishop (D-1), Not Voting; Israel (D-2), Nay; King (R-3), Nay; McCarthy (D-4), Not Voting; Ackerman (D-5), Not Voting; Meeks (D-6), Not Voting; Crowley (D-7), Not Voting; Nadler (D-8), Nay; Weiner (D-9), Nay; Towns (D-10), Not Voting; Owens (D-11), Yea; Velazquez (D-12), Not Voting; Fossella (R-13), Not Voting; Maloney (D-14), Not Voting; Rangel (D-15), Not Voting; Serrano (D-16), Not Voting; Engel (D-17), Nay; Lowey (D-18), Not Voting; Kelly (R-19), Not Voting; Sweeney (R-20), Not Voting; McNulty (D-21), Nay; Hinchey (D-22), Yea; McHugh (R-23), Nay; Boehlert (R-24), Nay; Walsh (R-25), Not Voting; Reynolds (R-26), Nay; Higgins (D-27), Not Voting; Slaughter (D-28), Not Voting; Kuhl (R-29), Nay
- Ohio: Chabot (R-1), Nay; Portman (R-2), Nay; Turner (R-3), Nay; Oxley (R-4), Nay; Gillmor (R-5), Not Voting; Strickland (D-6), Nay; Hobson (R-7), Nay; Boehner (R-8), Nay; Kaptur (D-9), Nay; Kucinich (D-10), Yea; Jones (D-11), Yea; Tiberi (R-12), Nay; Brown (D-13), Nay; LaTourette (R-14), Nay; Pryce (R-15), Nay; Regula (R-16), Nay; Ryan (D-17), Nay; Ney (R-18), Nay
- Oklahoma: Sullivan (R-1), Not Voting; Boren (D-2), Nay; Lucas (R-3), Nay; Cole (R-4), Nay; Istook (R-5), Nay
- Oregon: Wu (D-1), Nay; Walden (R-2), Not Voting; Blumenauer (D-3), Not Voting; DeFazio (D-4), Not Voting; Hooley (D-5), Nay
- Pennsylvania: Brady (D-1), Not Voting; Fattah (D-2), Not Voting; English (R-3), Nay; Hart (R-4), Nay; Peterson (R-5), Nay; Gerlach (R-6), Nay; Weldon (R-7), Nay; Fitzpatrick (R-8), Nay; Shuster (R-9), Nay; Sherwood (R-10), Nay; Kanjorski (D-11), Nay; Murtha (D-12), Nay; Schwartz (D-13), Nay; Doyle (D-14), Not Voting; Dent (R-15), Nay; Pitts (R-16), Nay; Holden (D-17), Not Voting; Murphy (R-18), Nay; Platts (R-19), Nay
- Rhode Island: Kennedy (D-1), Nay; Langevin (D-2), Not Voting
- South Carolina: Brown (R-1), Nay; Wilson (R-2), Not Voting; Barrett (R-3), Nay; Inglis (R-4), Nay; Spratt (D-5), Nay; Clyburn (D-6), Yea
- South Dakota: Herseth (D), Nay
- Tennessee: Jenkins (R-1), Not Voting; Duncan (R-2), Nay; Wamp (R-3), Nay; Davis (D-4), Not Voting; Cooper (D-5), Not Voting; Gordon (D-6), Nay; Blackburn (R-7), Nay; Tanner (D-8), Not Voting; Ford (D-9), Not Voting
- Texas: Gohmert (R-1), Nay; Poe (R-2), Nay; Johnson (R-3), Nay; Hall (R-4), Nay; Hensarling (R-5), Nay; Barton (R-6), Nay; Culberson (R-7), Nay; Brady (R-8), Nay; Green, Al (D-9), Nay; McCaul (R-10), Nay; Conaway (R-11), Nay; Granger (R-12), Not Voting; Thornberry (R-13), Nay; Paul (R-14), Not Voting; Hinojosa (D-15), Not Voting; Reyes (D-16), Nay; Edwards (D-17), Not Voting; Jackson Lee (D-18), Yea; Neugebauer (R-19), Nay; Gonzalez (D-20), Not Voting; Smith (R-21), Nay; DeLay (R-22), Nay; Bonilla (R-23), Nay; Marchant (R-24), Nay; Doggett (D-25), Not Voting; Burgess (R-26), Nay; Ortiz (D-27), Not Voting; Cuellar (D-28), Nay; Green, Gene (D-29), Nay; Johnson (D-30), Yea; Carter (R-31), Nay; Sessions (R-32), Nay
- Utah: Bishop (R-1), Nay; Matheson (D-2), Not Voting; Cannon (R-3), Not sworn
- Virginia: Davis, Jo Ann (R-1), Nay; Drake (R-2), Nay; Scott (D-3), Nay; Forbes (R-4), Not Voting; Goode (R-5), Not Voting; Goodlatte (R-6), Nay; Cantor (R-7), Nay; Moran (D-8), Nay; Boucher (D-9), Not Voting; Wolf (R-10), Nay; Davis, Thomas (R-11), Nay
- Vermont: Sanders (I), Nay
- Washington: Inslee (D-1), Not Voting; Larsen (D-2), Not Voting; Baird (D-3), Not Voting; Hastings (R-4), Nay; McMorris (R-5), Nay; Dicks (D-6), Nay; McDermott (D-7), Not Voting; Reichert (R-8), Nay; Smith (D-9), Not Voting
- Wisconsin: Ryan (R-1), Nay; Baldwin (D-2), Not Voting; Kind (D-3), Not Voting; Moore (D-4), Nay; Sensenbrenner (R-5), Nay; Petri (R-6), Nay; Obey (D-7), Nay; Green (R-8), Nay
- West Virginia: Mollohan (D-1), Nay; Capito (R-2), Nay; Rahall (D-3), Nay
- Wyoming: Cubin (R), Nay
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