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the hanged man wrote:

> 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.
>

they need a majority of the left over votes not the 270

>
> 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?

I believe you need one person in the house and one in the senate.  They vote on
the validity of electoral votes (ie those of FL).  If they can't decide by
inauguration then the Speaker of the House can resign his position and
congressional seat and be President, if he chooses not to it goes to the
President Pro Temp of Senate, I'm assuming it continues down the list. (this
info came from an article i read on abcnews.com or cnn.com, dont remember which)
This is all from a law that passed in 1887 (?) as a result of the Hayes fiasco.
Also the 20th ammendment  has a provision where the Congress can appoint someone
to be President while they try to figure out who the President is.