Convention Coverage: Reporter's Notebook
Obama Nominated by Acclamation, Requested by Hillary
By Jill Kuraitis, 8-27-08
Senator Barack Obama is the official Democratic nominee for President of the United States.
With a roll call of the states producing 1549.5 votes for Obama and 341.5 for Hillary Clinton, it happened without controversy or protraction after Clinton moved to suspend the rules of the convention and nominate Obama by acclamation.
Motion passed.
All done.
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Comments
Democrats Abroad get 22 "half" votes (or a total of 11 votes). Obviously, 17 of these delegates supported Obama and 5 supported Clinton, hence the "1/2" vote in each total.