A strange election scenario.

2000-11-08 Thread Trei, Peter
It looks like Gore has won the popular vote, and that Florida is more likely to tip to Bush than to Gore. If this happens, the show is not necessarily over. If Bush wins Florida, and Gore wins Oregon, the electoral college will stand at Gore 267, Bush 271. You'd expect that King George the

Re: A strange election scenario.

2000-11-08 Thread James B Windle
-- On Wed, 8 Nov 2000 11:28:25 Trei, Peter wrote: In most states, electoral college electors are bound by law to cast their votes in favor of the candidate who won their state. But not all - in some states (which ones? I don't know) electors can legally vote their conscience. A

Re: A strange election scenario.

2000-11-08 Thread Alan Olsen
At 11:28 AM 11/8/00 -0500, Trei, Peter wrote: It looks like Gore has won the popular vote, and that Florida is more likely to tip to Bush than to Gore. If this happens, the show is not necessarily over. If Bush wins Florida, and Gore wins Oregon, the electoral college will stand at Gore 267,

Re: A strange election scenario.

2000-11-08 Thread Tim May
At 3:44 PM -0500 11/8/00, James B Windle wrote: On Wed, 8 Nov 2000 11:28:25 Trei, Peter wrote: In most states, electoral college electors are bound by law to cast their votes in favor of the candidate who won their state. But not all - in some states (which ones? I don't know) electors can