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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDates to mark on your calendar
December 17, 2012 Electoral College will formally elect a President and Vice President.
January 3, 2013 The 113th Congress is sworn in.
January 6, 2013 Electoral votes are formally counted before a joint session of Congress.
January 20, 2013 Oaths of office are taken by the President and Vice President; the new presidential term starts at noon.
January 21, 2013 Inauguration Day (as the 20th falls on a Sunday).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2012#Election
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Tx4obama
Nov 2012
OP
Fun fact: Obama will become only the second president ever to take the oath four times...
Drunken Irishman
Nov 2012
#3
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)1. K & R
Thanks! Interesting about Jan. 20. I didn't know they would be sworn in before the Inauguration!
panAmerican
(1,206 posts)2. Cool!
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)3. Fun fact: Obama will become only the second president ever to take the oath four times...
He took it once on the steps of the capitol in 2009, but had to retake it because of a Roberts' flub - and will take it again on the 20th and 21st!
The only other president to take four oaths was FDR.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)7. You should drop a note to Roberts about that and thank him for being
such an incompetent ass. I'm sure he's appreciate it. LOL
Change has come
(2,372 posts)4. Thanks for the info.
oldhippydude
(2,514 posts)5. dont forget December 21
mayan calendar
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)6. +1 nt