Arizona’s 2004 Presidential Electors cast 10 Electoral College votes Dec. 13 for George W. Bush as president and Dick Cheney as vice president.

The ceremony was at the Capitol with the Certificates of Votes witnessed by Secretary of State Jan Brewer. Under the law, the certificates are filed with the president of the Senate and the National Archives and Records Administration.

Governor Napolitano and Arizona’s 10 electors: Linda Barber, Malcolm Barrett, Jim Click, Cynthia J. Collins, Webb Crockett, Elizabeth Wilkinson Fannin, Ross Farnsworth, Ira A. Fulton, Bernice C. Roberts and Phillip Townsend participated in the ceremony.

Mrs. Brewer said, “I commend the county recorders and election directors as well as the many state poll workers for helping to make the election run smoothly. With more than 77 per cent turnout, the voters learned about the issues and were committed to making it to the polls.”

According to the National Archives and Records Administration, the U.S. Constitution and federal law places important responsibilities on state executives and the electors. Under the law, the electoral ballots are cast on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December following the presidential election. Traditionally Arizona’s secretary of state has conducted this ceremony as the state’s chief election officer. —