Sen. Elect Scott Brown (R) MA, to Be Seated Today – Gov. Deval Patrick Dallied in Case of Brown Certification

Scott Brown (R-MA) to be Sworn into Office Thursday, February 4th, 2010 image Scott Brown.com

The WashingtonPost article headlined: “Scott Brown to be sworn in to Senate a week early” is a bit disingenuous, as the Massachusetts Secretary of State, William Galvin, had not disputed the results of Brown’s election. In fact, Galvin had sent Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a letter on the 19th,(immediately following the election) stating that Brown had won the seat.

However, Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, decided to wait until the votes were certified, a period of up to 10 days following the election. After the 10 day period, the certification papers are then sent to the Governor’s office to be signed. (Although the decision could have been made to Seat Brown at any time from the 19th forward). This would have put the certification papers on Duval Patrick’s desk on the 30th of January - yet the date chosen to seat Brown was February 11th.

In an appeal to “Massachusetts Officials”, Brown requested to be certified and seated without delay.

Brown will be seated sometime today, after Governor Deval Patrick signs the certification papers.

Some facts to consider:

In a Massachusetts Congressional special election, Democrat Representative Niki Tsongas, was sworn into office immediately following the election on in October of 2007. Deval Patrick, certified results immediately, based on a similar letter signed by Galvin.

Interim Senator, Democrat Paul Kirk, has continued to vote on legislation despite the results of the election. The delay in seating Brown allowed Kirk time to vote, legally or otherwise, on legislation in the Senate.

It is, as Brown noted, the “people’s seat”, however, Massachusetts Democrat Governor, Deval Patrick, in collusion with his Washington counterparts, continued to treat the will of the people with disdain.