Bill Text: DE SCR1 | 2017-2018 | 149th General Assembly | Draft

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Bill Title: Providing For A Joint Session Of The House And Senate For The Purpose Of Announcing The Vote For Governor And Lt. Governor Of The State Of Delaware.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-01-11 - Passed In House by Voice Vote [SCR1 Detail]

Download: Delaware-2017-SCR1-Draft.html

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SPONSOR:	Sen. McBride
Sen. Henry; Rep. Schwartzkopf, Longhurst

 

DELAWARE STATE SENATE

149th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 1

 

PROVIDING FOR A JOINT SESSION OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANNOUNCING THE VOTE FOR GOVERNOR AND LT. GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE.

 

 

 

  WHEREAS, Article III, § 3 of the Delaware Constitution requires that the returns of the election for Governor be opened and published in the presence of the members of both Houses of the General Assembly, and § 5709(a)(3) Title 15 of the Delaware Code requires the same be done for the returns of the election for Lieutenant Governor.

  NOW THEREFORE:

  BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Delaware, the House of Representatives concurring therein, that the Senate and House of Representatives meet in Joint Session in the Senate Chamber on Thursday, January 12, 2017, at 2:30 p.m. for the purpose of announcing the vote for Governor and Lt. Governor of the State of Delaware at the last general election held on November 8, 2016.

 

 

 

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