CDR: RE: Florida Electoral defection threat!
George@orwellian.org[SMTP:George@orwellian.org] wrote:
"Trei, Peter" <ptrei@rsasecurity.com> wrote: # # It would take at least two faithless electors to # swing the election to Gore. One would make it # a dead heat, and send the decision to Congress.
Ping pong, ping pong.
Isn't a switch of one vote a difference of two in the total?
Wait, that's wrong.
As long as the majority of the electoral college votes, the winner is the one with the majority of that. 270 would still be a winner for Bush.
Are the rest of the states lining up for a 270-270 tie???
-------------------- Do the numbers: The electoral college standings are currently: Bush: 246 Gore: 255 Undecided states: Florida 25 New Mexico 5 Oregon 7 Total 538 If Bush gets Florida, but not OR & NM, he gets 270 votes, and Gore gets 268. One Bush elector defecting puts both at 269, a dead heat. Peter Trei
No, if Bush won Florida but not Utah, he'd have 246+25=271, not 270 e.v. If one elector defected, Bush would win, if two electors defected, Bush would win (in House), if three electors defected, Gore would win. -Declan On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 11:16:38AM -0500, Trei, Peter wrote:
Do the numbers:
The electoral college standings are currently:
Bush: 246 Gore: 255
Undecided states: Florida 25 New Mexico 5 Oregon 7
Total 538
If Bush gets Florida, but not OR & NM, he gets 270 votes, and Gore gets 268.
One Bush elector defecting puts both at 269, a dead heat.
Peter Trei
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Trei, Peter