CDR: RE: Florida Electoral defection threat!

[Trei, Peter]

You're correct on the 271, but I'm *sure* you didn't mean to
type 'Utah'.

Ok, two faithless electors would throw it to the house, and
three would make it Gore, as I said on the 8th.

Peter

> ----------
> From: 	Declan McCullagh[SMTP:declan at well.com]
> Sent: 	Wednesday, November 15, 2000 12:37 PM
> To: 	Trei, Peter
> Cc: 	cypherpunks at cyberpass.net; 'George at orwellian.org'
> Subject: 	Re: Florida Electoral defection threat!
> 
> 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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