OFFICIAL ELECTORAL COLLEGE TRACKING THREAD - Obama now officially President-Elect

[democrattotheend]

Just for fun, and to make sure there are no shenanigans. I'll post what I found so far and feel free to add states I don't have, and I will edit the master thread. If anyone has any video of the electors voting in any of the states, please post a link here.

Here's a roundup of the status of each state I could find, based on newspaper articles. I'll add more as I find them and feel free to contribute.

Alabama - 9 electoral votes officially cast for McCain/Palin at 12 PM today. http://www.pnj.com/article/20081215/NEWS01/81215023

Arkansas - 6 votes formally cast for McCain this morning. http://www.katv.com/news/stories/1208/577949.html

California - voting goes from 12:45 - 3:15 PM PST today (so it ends at 6:15 PM ET). http://www.accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=1888

Colorado - 9 votes officially cast for Obama/Biden, after a weather-related delay. http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/dec/15/cold-interrupts-colorados-electoral-college-ballot/

Connecticut - 7 electoral votes for Obama/Biden. http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct--electoralcollege1215dec15,0,2850356.story Nice article

District of Columbia - began at 3:30...may still be underway. http://www.examiner.com/a-1745111~DC_electors_to_cast_votes_for_president.html

NEW - Delaware - 3 for Obama and native son Joe Biden. Thanks LynneSin for the update! http://www.wboc.com/Global/story.asp?S=9525003&nav=QEMt

Florida - 27 electoral votes cast for Obama/Biden at 2 PM ET today. http://www.pnj.com/article/20081215/NEWS01/81215026 If anyone can find video, I really want to see this one with my own eyes!

Georgia - 15 votes for McCain. http://wsbradio.com/localnews/2008/12/electors-vote-2008-campaign-en.html

Illinois - 21 electoral votes for Obama. Doesn't say if the governor presided over the ceremony, as governors in most of the states did. http://www.pjstar.com/homepage/x776487019/Electoral-College-formally-elects-Obama

Indiana - 11 electoral votes cast for Obama/Biden at 10:35 AM. http://www.howeypolitics.com/2008/12/15/11-indiana-electoral-college-votes-for-obama/ UPDATE: Pictures/inside account here: http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/12/15/exclusive-inside-the-indiana-electoral-college/

Iowa - 7 electoral votes formally cast for Obama/Biden. http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20081215/NEWS/81215015/-1/NEWS04

Kansas - 6 for McCain/Palin. http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/16092

Kentucky - 8 votes for McCain/Palin. http://www.wztv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ky/2e192c57-www.fox17.com.shtml

Louisiana - 9 electoral votes for McCain/Palin.

Maine - 4 votes for Obama/Biden. http://www.newsok.com/maine-electors-pick-obama-biden/article/feed/33150

Maryland - 10 electoral votes formally cast for Obama. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/politics/bal-elect1215,0,7190715.story

Massachusetts - Set to begin at 3 PM - no results yet. http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view/2008_12_14_Mass__to_officially_cast_electoral_votes_for_Obama/

Michigan - 17 votes officially cast for Obama/Biden. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-mi-electoralcollege-,0,1890406.story

Minnesota - All 10 electoral votes for Obama. No faithless electors this time. http://www.kxmc.com/News/309238.asp

Mississippi - 6 votes for McCain/Palin, as expected. http://www.sunherald.com/218/story/1016423.html

Montana - Began at 2 PM Mountain Time - Probably underway now. http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/montanans_meet_to_finalize_presidential_election_results/7206/

New Hampshire - 4 for Obama/Biden. http://www.politickernh.com/brianlawson/4908/nh-electors-meet-cast-votes-obama

JUST IN - New Jersey - 15 for Obama/Biden. http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--electoralcollege1215dec15,0,3033193.story

NEW - New York - 31 for Obama. http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--electoralvote1215dec15,0,3002198.story

NEW - Nebraska - 4 for McCain, 1 for Obama. First time since 1892 that any state has split its electors. http://www.kcautv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9475690

Nevada - begins at 2 PM (PST) today. http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9524016

North Carolina - 15 electoral votes for Obama/Biden cast in Raleigh today. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/breaking/story/416610.html

Ohio - 20 votes formally cast for Obama/Biden. http://www.ohio.com/news/ap?articleID=1278817&c=y

Oklahoma - happening later today. http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=9525346

Oregon - was supposed to begin at noon PST. No news yet that I could find.

Pennsylvania - 21 electoral votes for Obama. http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/56th-Pennsylvania-Electoral-College-Selects/story.aspx?guid=%7B8336D97E-8D8A-4502-A717-ADE269BA16F9%7D

Rhode Island - 4 for Obama. http://newsblog.projo.com/2008/12/update-ri-adds.html

South Carolina - 8 for McCain/Palin. http://www.counton2.com/cbd/news/state_regional/article/electoral_college_votes_mccain_wins_south_carolina/18101/

South Dakota - 3 electoral votes cast for McCain.

Tennessee - 11 votes for McCain, in a ceremony that took 18 minutes. http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/dec/15/surprise-tennessee-goes-mccain/

NEW - Texas - 34 for McCain. http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_11238317

Utah - 5 votes for McCain/Palin. http://www.localnews8.com/Global/story.asp?S=9525597&nav=menu554_2

Virginia - The seat of the Confederacy has just cast 13 electoral votes for the first African American president. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/12/15/ST2008121501831.html

West Virginia - 5 votes for McCain. One elector admits that the state gets more than its fair share of electoral votes. http://www.wvmetronews.com/index.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=27930

Wisconsin - 10 votes for Obama, with applause. http://www.wqow.com/Global/story.asp?S=9525652&nav=menu1364_2

Wyoming - 3 for McCain. http://www.localnews8.com/Global/story.asp?S=9525876&nav=menu554_2_2


JUST IN - Washington State - 11 electoral votes - http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_electoral_vote.html, bringing the total to 274 and making Barack Obama officially the president-elect of the United States!