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“CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION AND CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT” mentioning Jon Ossoff and Raphael G. Warnock was published in the Senate section on pages S63-S64 on Jan. 20.
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The publication is reproduced in full below:
CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION AND CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT
The VICE PRESIDENT. The Chair lays before the Senate two Certificates of Election for the State of Georgia and a Certificate of Appointment to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of former Senator Kamala Harris of California.
(Applause, Senators rising.)
The VICE PRESIDENT. The certificates, the Chair is advised, are in the form suggested by the Senate. If there be no objection, the reading of the certificates will be waived, and they will be printed in full in the Record.
There being no objection, the certificates were ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows:
State of Georgia
To the President of the Senate of the United States:
This is to certify that on the 5th day of January, 2021, Jon Ossoff was duly chosen by the qualified electors of the State of Georgia, a Senator from said State to represent said State in the Senate of the United States for the term of six years, beginning on the 3rd day of January, 2021.
Witness: His excellency our Governor Brian P. Kemp, and the Great Seal of the State of Georgia hereto affixed at the Capitol, in the city of Atlanta, the 19th day of January, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty One.
Brian P. Kemp,
Governor.
Brad Raffensperger,
Secretary of State.
[State Seal Affixed]
State of California
Certificate of Appointment
To the President of the Senate of the United States:
This is to certify that, pursuant to the power vested in me by the Constitution of the United States and the laws of the State of California, I, GAVIN NEWSOM, the Governor of California, do hereby appoint ALEJANDRO ``ALEX'' PADILLA a Senator from California to represent California in the Senate of the United States until the vacancy therein caused by the resignation of Kamala D. Harris, is filled by election as provided by law.
Witness: His excellency our Governor Gavin Newsom, and our seal hereto affixed in the City of Sacramento, this 18th day of January, in the year of our Lord 2021.
Gavin Newsom,
Governor.
James Schwab,
Acting Secretary of State.
[State Seal Affixed]
State of Georgia
To the President of the Senate of the United States:
This is to certify that on the 5th day of January, 2021, Raphael Warnock was duly chosen by the qualified electors of the State of Georgia, a Senator for the unexpired term ending at noon on the 3rd day of January, 2023, to fill the vacancy in the representation from said State in the Senate of the United States caused by the resignation of Johnny Isakson.
Witness: His excellency our Governor Brian P. Kemp, and the Great Seal of the State of Georgia hereto affixed at the Capitol, in the city of Atlanta, the 19th day of January, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty One.
Brian P. Kemp,
Governor.
Brad Raffensperger,
Secretary of State.
[State Seal Affixed]
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