Meeting

The electors' certificates of ascertainment await them on their desks in the chamber of the Virginia House of Delegates

List of electors and pages

Order of business for the 2008 meeting of the Virginia Electoral College

Governor Tim Kaine greets the electors

Program for the 2008 meeting of the Virginia Electoral College

Alexandria Democratic Committee Chair Susan Kellom awaits the start of the meeting

Virginia State Board of Elections Chair Jean Cunningham opens the meeting. Seated to her right are Vice Chair Harold Pyon and Secretary Nancy Rodrigues. Seated to her left are Governor Tim Kaine, Attorney General Bob McDonnell, and State Delegate and Richmond Mayor-Elect Rev. Dwight Jones

The audience applauds the arrival of the electors

Gallery ticket for the 2008 meeting of the Virginia Electoral College

Governor Tim Kaine greets the electors

Eighth District Elector Marian Van Landingham casts her vote for Barack Obama for President of the United States

Second District Elector Sandra Brandt casts her vote for Barack Obama for President of the United States

Virginia State Board of Elections Vice Chair Harold Pyon leads the Pledge of Allegiance

Sixth District Elector Dorothy Blackwell casts her vote for Barack Obama for President of the United States

A page delivers the signed oaths of office to Chief Justice of Virginia Leroy Hassell

State Delegate and Richmond Mayor-Elect Rev. Dwight Jones leads the invocation

Elector At-Large Sophie Ann Salley casts her vote for Barack Obama for President of the United States, as the members of the Virginia State Board of Elections look on.

Third District Elector Betty Squire casts her vote for Barack Obama for President of the United States

Chief Justice of Virginia Leroy Hassell administers the oath of office to the electors

President of the Electoral College Michael Jon Khandelwal signs the Certificates of Votes

The electors sign copies of the Certificate of Votes

President of the Electoral College Michael Jon Khandelwal hands a sealed certificate of votes to Virginia State Board of Elections Secretary Nancy Rodrigues

President of the Electoral College Michael Jon Khandelwal hands a sealed certificate of votes to Librarian of Virginia Sandra Treadway, for preservation in the state archives

President of the Electoral College Michael Jon Khandelwal hands a sealed certificate of votes to Virginia State Board of Elections Chair Jean Cunningham, for preservation in the Board's archives

President of the Electoral College Michael Jon Khandelwal hands two sealed certificates of votes to Secretary of the Commonwealth Kate Hanley

Eleventh District Elector Janet Carver asks Governor Tim Kaine to sign her program

President of the Electoral College Michael Jon Khandelwal confers with the members of the Virginia State Board of Elections

President of the Electoral College Michael Jon Khandelwal directs the pages to circulate the Certificates of Votes for the electors to sign

Democratic Party of Virginia Chair Richard Cranwell eyes a new recruit

A clerk seals the copies of the certificates of votes as Secretary of the Electoral College Marc Finney signs them

Letter from Private Secretary to the Queen Christopher Geidt, presenting photogravure of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, to mark their state visit General Assembly in May 2007.

The meeting adjourns

Counselor to the Larry Roberts chats with First Lady Anne Holton

Craig and Eighth District Elector Marian Van Landingham, as she displays her Certificate of Ascertainment. Behind them are photogravure of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, which they presented to the General Assembly after their state visit in May 2007.

Craig, in the chamber of the Virginia House of Delegates