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Secretary of the U.S. Senate, Nancy Erickson has reportedly rejected Roland Burris’ appointment to the Illinois senate seat recently vacated by president-elect Barack Obama. The stated reason for the rejection is that Burris’ certificate of appointment was missing the signature of the Illinois secretary of state.

There’s apparently a rule that states that the certificate of election has to be co-signed by the secretary of State; but current Illinois secretary of State Jesse White has not signed the document and is refusing to sign it in light of the Blagojevich scandal.