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Dec 15, 2008, 16:09 GMT

US begins official process of naming Obama president

Washington - While he may have been elected by US voters back in November, the process of formally naming president-elect Barack Obama to the post only began Monday. State representatives from around the country gathered to cast their ballots under the country's complex Electoral College system. Some 538 electoral votes are divided among the 50 US states according to their population size. Each presidential candidate is awarded a portion of those votes based on the results of the November 4 election. Obama won 53 per cent of the popular vote compared to 46 per cent for his Republican rival John McCain. But more importantly he won 365 electoral votes, to 173 for McCain. The 538 so-called electors - made up primarily of activists named by each political party - were gathering Monday in state capitals to formally cast their ballots. There is little suspense involved, though technically the electors can vote whichever way they wish. The US Congress will then count and approve the electoral vote in a joint session of both the Senate and House of Representatives on January 8. Obama will take office 12 days later, January 20, in an inauguration ceremony that is expected to attract millions of onlookers to Washington.

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