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Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> Bush is finished
given
that the election is divided along states (ignoring the few states that
permit individual electoral votes)
--ravi
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not sure what portion of above in parentheses means...
electors are not constitutionally bound to abide by popular vote,
however, since 1796 only fifteen electors have failed to support their
party's candidate...twenty-six states, representing 268 electoral votes,
have passed laws requiring electors to follow popular vote, supreme
court has declared such laws constitutional but has not said (to best
oof my knowledge) whether they are legally enforceable... michael
hoover
