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Good morning everyone I’m 

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Secretary State, Katie Hobbs 

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and I’m happy to be here with 

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state elections, director Bo 

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and other members of our 

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elections team to welcome you 

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to the meeting of the twenty 

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electoral college to start off, 

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Please stand and and join in 

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the pledge of allegiance. 

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I pledge allegiance to the flag 

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of the United States of America 

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and to the Republic for which 

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it stands one nation under God 

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Indivisible with Liberty and 

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justice for all. Thank you, 

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please be seated. Today, 

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Arizona’s eleven presidential 

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electors are meeting to cast 

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their electoral college votes 

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for Joseph Biden and Kamala 

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Harris for president and vice 

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president of the United States 

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of America. It is my privilege 

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to introduce Arizona’s dually 

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elected presidential electors 

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now before they take their oath 

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of office here with us today 

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our Felicia Rodin chair of the 

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Arizona Democratic Party Super. 

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Steve Gallardo, Maricopa County 

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Board of Supervisors, Luis 

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Alberto Executive director of 

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the Arizona Education 

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Association 

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Constant Jackson president of 

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the Pinal County N AA C 

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Commissioner Sandra D. Kennedy, 

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Governor Steven Roe, Lewis He 

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river Indiana. Unity James 

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McLaughlin, president of UFC 

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President Jonathan Nez Navajo 

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Nation Chairman Ned Norris 

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Tejano Odom Nation Mayor Romero 

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City of Tucson and Fred Yamada, 

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executive director of the 

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Arizona AFL-CIO. Thank you all 

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for being here. We will proceed 

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next to administering the oath 

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of office to each of you, which 

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will be notarized and retained 

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by the office of the Secretary 

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of State. Please stand raise 

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your right hand and repeat 

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after me. 

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I do solemnly swear. That I 

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will support the constitution 

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of the United States. 

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And the constitution and laws 

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of the state of Arizona. 

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That I will bear true faith and 

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allegiance to the same. And 

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defend them against all 

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enemies, foreign and domestic. 

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And that I will faithfully and 

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impartially discharge. 

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The duties of the Office of 

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Presidential Elector. According 

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to the best of my ability. So 

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help me god. Please be seated. 

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At this time, the oats of 

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office will be notarized. 

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As a matter of law elects in 

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Arizona are bound to vote for 

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the presidential and 

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presidential candidates that 

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received the most votes in 

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Arizona’s general election 

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November 3rd Twenty the people 

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of Arizona selected Joseph 

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Biden and Kamala Harris and the 

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electors will cast their votes 

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accordingly by signing the 

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certificates of vote today this 

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recent. Was historic for 

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several reasons as you know 

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preparing for any election is 

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an immense undertaking, even in 

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normal circumstances the 

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complexity this year has been 

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compounded by the pandemic 

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Despite this we had an 

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extremely well-run election and 

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sought historically high voter 

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participation. There were more 

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than 3.4. 3.42000000 ballots 

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cast in this election and 

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turnout was nearly 80%. Been 6 

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weeks since the election and 

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for elections officials in 

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Arizona, this is the final step 

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in our process and one that is 

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usually conducted with much 

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pump and circumstance with the 

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reverence it deserves for its 

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place in history. but this 

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year’s proceeding, which only 

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occurs every 4 years, has 

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unfortunately had an artificial 

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shadow cast over it in the form 

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of baseless of misconduct and 

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fraud for which no proof. Been 

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provided in which court after 

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court has dismissed as 

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unfounded and this fabrication 

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of mist leveled against 

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everyone from coworkers to me 

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and my office has led to 

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threats of violence against me 

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my office and those in this 

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room today I took an oath of 

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office similar to the one The 

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elector sitting here just took 

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to support the constitution and 

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laws of the United States of 

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America and the state of 

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Arizona and to defend them. 

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Against all enemies, foreign 

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and domestic to the best of my 

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ability that is what we have 

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done this year in this election 

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and while there will be those 

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who who are their candidate 

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didn’t win, it is patently 

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Un-American and unacceptable 

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that today’s event should be 

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anything less than an honored 

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tradition held with pride and 

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in celebration so to you 

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electors here today I offer my 

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congratulations to you and 

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invite you to join. Canon of 

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American history now by signing 

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the certificates of Vote for 

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America’s next president and 

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vice president, it is 

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impossible not to feel both 

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humbled and honored to be 

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participating in this ceremony 

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as I’ve already covered the 

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selection is one for the record 

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books participation was at a 

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historic high as was interest 

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in the inner workings of the 

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civic process, which is the 

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kind of scrutiny that pushes 

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our institutions to be better 

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and it is why we will. Continue 

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to live stream while the 

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documents are signed and 

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sealed. Arizonans cast their 

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votes for presidential electors 

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for president and vice 

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president in the twenty general 

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election and the result of that 

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contest elected eleven 

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presidential electors to 

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represent the will of Arizona’s 

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voters in today’s meeting of 

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the electoral College. Today’s 

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ceremony is for the Dooley 

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elected presidential electors 

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to cast their vote on behalf of 

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Arizona for president and vice 

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president of the United States 

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to do that we. Will be signing 

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six copies of three documents 

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first will be the certificate 

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of vote for President second 

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will be the certificate of vote 

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for Vice president after the 

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electors and I signed the 

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certificates the state 

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elections director will place 

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the great Seal of the state of 

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Arizona on each certificate 

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Each certificate is then paired 

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with the certificate of a team, 

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which was signed by the. 

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Governor and myself at the 

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November 30th statewide canvas 

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Both documents will be sealed 

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together in an envelope the 

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third and final document we 

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will sign is a letter 

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certifying the contents of the 

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envelope after the meeting the 

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certificates will be 

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transmitted to the president of 

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the US Senate. the chief judge 

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of the Federal District Court 

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for the District of Arizona. 

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the archivist of the United 

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States and the Arizona 

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Secretary of State’s office. We 

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will now be. In this process 

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and for those watching at home, 

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we have posted the agenda so 

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you can keep track of what 

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documents are being passed. 

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Let’s begin the vote. 

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All the votes have been signed 

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and will be transmitted to the 

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required parties the 

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certificates sent to the 

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president of the US Senate will 

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be opened and tallied in a 

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joint session of Congress on 

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January 6th and will serve as 

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Arizona’s official votes cast 

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for President and Vice 

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president The other copies are 

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held in the event a replacement 

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that is needed and for historic 

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preservation as this event 

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comes to a close, it is evident 

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that this. Not the end of the 

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discussion about the 2020 

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election, nor how we conduct 

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elections going forward. This 

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is likely the beginning of a 

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lengthy debate about how to 

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reclaim faith in our democratic 

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institutions. I look forward to 

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those discussions with people 

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of good intent and interest in 

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rebuilding our faith faith in 

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each This concludes this 

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official meeting of the 

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Electoral College as we close. 

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I would like to again thank all 

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of the voters in Arizona, it it 

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is because of your 

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participation that our 

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democratic process remains 

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strong so stay engaged. I would 

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also like to express my sincere 

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gratitude to the electors. 

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Thank you for your service to 

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our state and our nation. Thank 

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you. 

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Job everybody.