"no website or other ticket outlet actually has inaugural swearing-in tickets to sell"

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JCCIC: Press Release

For Immediate Release

Thursday, November 6, 2008


Joint Congressional Inaugural Committee Releases Ticketing Information for 56th Presidential Inauguration

WASHINGTON, DC - The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC) has issued the following information regarding the availability of tickets for the 56th Presidential Inaugural Ceremony on January 20, 2009:

Tickets to the 56th Inaugural Ceremonies will be provided free of charge and distributed through Members of the 111th Congress. The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies does not provide tickets to the public. Members of the public interested in attending the Inaugural Ceremonies should contact their Member of Congress or U.S. Senators to request tickets.

The public should also be aware that no website or other ticket outlet actually has inaugural swearing-in tickets to sell, regardless of what they may claim. Tickets will not be distributed to Congressional offices until the week before the inauguration and will require in-person pick-up.

"Any website or ticket broker claiming that they have inaugural tickets is simply not telling the truth," said Howard Gantman, Staff Director for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. "Tickets for the swearing-in of President-elect are all provided through members of Congress, and the President-elect and Vice President-elect through the Presidential Inaugural Committee. We urge the public to view any offers of tickets for sale with great skepticism."

The members of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies are: Senator Dianne Feinstein, Chairman; Senator Bob Bennett, Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid; Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi; House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer; and House Republican Leader John Boehner.

http://inaugural.senate.gov/index.cfm

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From an email list I'm on.

[Dangerously Amused]

1. Thanks, good to know!

[deadparrot]

2. When can we start contacting our Congress(wo)men/Senators? nt

[ecstatic]

5. I wish it weren't so vague... but I found this site:

after googling the JCCIC: http://inaugural.senate.gov/index.cfm

On it, you can sign up for email updates regarding Inauguration. It's just kind of weird that they wait until a week or so before inauguration to hand out the tickets. Sounds like it will be quickly "sold out" to the elite or something. Also, how can one plan a trip without first knowing if there will even be tickets available? :shrug:

[deadparrot]

7. Right after I asked this question, I went to look at my Senator's (McCaskill's) site:

She has a form up already: http://mccaskill.senate.gov/Inauguration/index.cfm

Since she was one of Obama's major surrogates, it's likely the exception rather than the rule, but it's probably worth keeping an eye on the pages of Senators/Representatives from your state.

[ecstatic]

8. eww... so I have to beg Chambliss for tickets?

:puke: I'll try my reps out first :)

[kwolf68]

3. Gracias for the link

Ill be contacting Senator Webb's office tomorrow. I'd go thru my congressman, but Frank Wolf is woefully mediocre.

[Muttocracy]

4. website with more info:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7810971&mesg_id=7810971

[yellowcanine]

6. I already sent an email to my congress person Steny Hoyer requesting tickets.