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Pianoman wrote:

> It will. Most people privy to the exact workings of the Bush and Gore
> campaigns, and others (like Constitutional scholars and such) believe that
> Florida will certify its vote by Dec. 18. If not, it doesn't matter,
> anyway. The electoral college votes without the Florida electors, and the
> majority of all the electors there is the next president. It's been said
> that there could possibly be a tie if this would happen, though. No matter
> what, the electoral college will vote on Dec. 18.

That's not entirely true.  IIRC, whether or not Florida's votes are in,
a candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the election.  I'm pretty
sure that if they don't get that, they do that business with the House
of Representatives voting.  I could be wrong.

I know for certain, though, that they don't look at the electoral votes
until the beginning of January, where the new House and Senate convene
to certify the election.  And if any one person objects, and both houses
convene separetely, and by majority in each house, the election could be
declared void.  I've got no idea what happens then.  Anyone know?

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