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Originally Posted by MililaniBuckeye
Wrong. Read your link again. Although the president-elect and vice-president-elect have been supported in their tranisition to elected office since implementation of the PTA, there is no "Office of the President Elect". Even Obama himself admitted it's not an official office. No one had ever used that term/title until now.
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To quote a fictional Government Official (Independence Day) -
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NIMZIKI
Uh, excuse me, Mr. President, but
that's not entirely accurate
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In fact, Richard Nixon used it first - nearly forty years ago.
Notably, this letter to a famous supporter is dated December 10th, 1968, fully 6 days before the electors met that year.
(Electors meet on the first Monday following the second Wednesday in December of the election year).