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KalicoKitty Donating Member (777 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 09:43 AM
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If Electoral College Fails, House Decides

If Electoral College Fails, Dumbya remains in office!



One near-certainty in this election of many uncertainties is that if the Electoral College (news - web sites) can't pick a winner, George W. Bush will stay in the White House. That's because the House of Representatives is and will probably remain in Republican hands.



http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041027/ap_on_el_pr/election_the_house_s_pick&cid=694&ncid=2043
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molly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 09:44 AM
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1. We need to get out there and vote so it doesn't fail
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KalicoKitty Donating Member (777 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 09:54 AM
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6. Things are a mess already!


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20041020/ap_on_el_pr/voting_lawsuits

http://www.local10.com/politics/3854230/detail.html

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20041027-123332-5663r.htm
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 09:47 AM
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2. What if Repub House is defeated by Democratic House.???
The New Representatives would not take office until January. Who would decide then? The old Repub House or the new Dem House? ??
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 09:53 AM
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5. That's the point - we're probably not going to get the House back.
It would be the new House of Representatives, and while it's not out of the question to win it back, it'd be very, very difficult.
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American Tragedy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 12:47 PM
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12. It doesn't matter
According to Amendment 12, the House votes state-by-state. Wyoming delegation thus has as much voting power as New York or California.
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American Tragedy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 12:57 PM
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15. And of course the VP is chosen by the Senate
If we had a Dem majority, that would be very interesting.
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ps1074 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 09:51 AM
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3. since when is this breaking news?
:shrug:
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booksenkatz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 09:52 AM
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4. This has never made sense to me.
If the electoral college fails, it would only be logical to then look at the popular vote. If the popular vote were then magically a tie (what are the odds?), then I would understand the need to send it to the HoR. Why were our founders so quick to jump from electoral college to HoR, skipping the middlemen (the people's true vote)? (Don't answer that, it was just a rhetorical question.)
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MacDo Donating Member (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 10:00 AM
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7. That would work this time, but...
I don't want a few population centers deciding who's President. Everyone needs to be represented.
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TheDonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 10:04 AM
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8. But with Red and Blue states everyone is not represented
only 11 states.
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MacDo Donating Member (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 10:10 AM
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11. Sorry
I don't follow, or were you refering to the post above mine?
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TN al Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 10:07 AM
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9. I may be all wrong here...
...and please correct me if I am, but doesn't the house vote by state delegation instead of by individual member? If this is indeed the case I don't know who would win. Perhaps one of you does.
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quaoar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 10:09 AM
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10. That's correct
It is by state delegation.

And Bush would win that way, too.
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American Tragedy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 12:52 PM
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13. Look at a map
Count how many Republican states, regardless of population.
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booksenkatz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 12:56 PM
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14. That's what I was thinking
All of those rocks and cacti would get the same vote as NYC. It's nuts.
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Dover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 12:58 PM
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16. How many electors are being bought off or threatened as we speak?
Just a thought...
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Moderator DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 12:59 PM
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17. Locking--not LBN
The 12th Amendment passed in 1804. Please continue discussion in another forum.
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