Monday December 15, 2008
It’s 12:21 and Connecticut’s seven members of the Electoral College just put their ballots into a small wooden box purportedly made from the historic Charter Oak tree. The seven votes include one for each of the five congressional districts, plus the two senators.
And unlike what you thought happened on Election Day, it’s what is occurring right now that’s assuring Barack Obama will be the next president.
Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz just asked the electors to sign the statement of vote in a particularly legible manner, because they’re heading to the National Archives.
Nick Pandiris, a well-know Glastonbury Democrat, was chosen to lead the voters. A native of Greece, He said being an elector (he was recommended by Democratic State Chairwoman Nancy DiNardo of Trumbull) was a particular honor.
Although they’re eligible for $10 a day as electrors, it’s traditional that the electors turn down the cash, which they just did at 12:37..
“As an immigrant, I came here in search of the American dream,” he said. “It is especially fitting, as a son of Greece, the cradle of democracy of 2,500 years ago, to be able to cast a ballot for the leader of the greatest democracy of this planet.”.