in the event of a 269-269 tie,
I really thought a popular vote result should be the 1st tie breaker. guess not.
I found it an interesting political process read.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-09-01-tie_x.htm
Electoral math offers number of nightmares
By Susan Page, USA TODAY
NEW YORK — Even as President Bush accepted the Republican nomination Thursday and the final chapter of the campaign began, strategists in both camps were preparing for the possibility of an unprecedented situation when it ends.
An Electoral College tie.
Shifts in electoral votes and the realities of an evenly divided nation mean there is a credible case that the final tally in Bush vs. Kerry could be 269-269 — an outcome that would throw the election to the House of Representatives.
It's also easy to calculate how Bush could lose the popular vote but win the Electoral College, as he did in 2000. Or the reverse: how John Kerry could lose the popular vote but win the Electoral College.
The reaction among Americans — many of whom have forgotten the arcane details of the Electoral College that they once learned in civics class — could make the firestorm after the last election seem like a backyard barbecue.
"One of the reasons that there's so much hatred in American politics right now is the dispute over the 2000 election," says Paul Sracic, a political scientist at Youngstown State University in Ohio,
one of the battleground states.
.......
... Ohio Rules in this one.:)
I know a tie would be a reach but,
If George lost Arkansas ( 6 votes leaning in his
275 vote direction...
And things did shake out for Kerry in the undecided states...
LOL 269-269.
Would the NRA get a few new members ? ;) lol
I guess security provided by the secret service in the next four years would be an interesting challenge.
Happy Labor day all
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