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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Triffin who wrote (1721)	11/11/2000 10:12:32 AM
From: TraderGreg	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

Jim--The closest thing to a precedent that I have is the 1876 election where 2 slates of electors "voted" in a handful of states that coincidentally included FL. In that situation, the Congress appointed a commission to determine the rightful electors. I believe the commission had equal Republican and Democratic members plus an ODD number of independents(I believe it was 5,5 and 5 or 7,7,1 independent. RutherFRAUD B. Hayes' campaign(subliminable)assured one of the Southern independents that a President Hayes would withdraw Union occupation forces from the South were he elected. The electors were awarded to Hayes in an 8 to 7 vote, and Hayes became known as "Old 8 to 7". TG