In observance of the Good Friday holiday, the Secretary of State's office will join other state offices in closing Friday, March 29. Most of the office's operating divisions will reopen for normal business hours at 8 a.m. Monday, April 1. The Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) will be open for its regular business hours from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 30. TSLA will host a workshop from 9:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. March 30 about a book entitled, "Chronicles of the Cumberland Settlements." If you need to do business with any of the office's divisions, please plan according to the holiday weekend schedule.

Eleven Electoral College representatives from across Tennessee met in Nashville Monday to cast the state’s presidential votes for Republican nominee Mitt Romney and his vice-presidential running mate, Paul Ryan.

Like most states, Tennessee’s votes in the Electoral College are allocated based on a “winner take all” system – which means the electors pledged to award all 11 of the state’s votes to the candidate who received the highest amount of votes statewide in the Nov. 6 general election.

Results of Monday’s meeting of the electors will be forwarded to Washington, D.C., where Congress is scheduled to meet in a joint session Jan. 6 to accept the results from all 50 states.

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