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

To: TraderGreg who wrote (1999)	11/12/2000 2:55:54 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

True, but there is language in the 12th Amendment which is ambiguous - "The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed". What does "appointed" mean? Yesterday I was satisfied with my argument that either Gore's or Bush's Electors were appointed on November 7, we just don't know who they are yet. But the Florida Election Code, Title IX, Sec. 103.061, says that Presidential Electors have to meet in Tallahassee and vote on the day that Congress appointed, in this case December 18. So I think if the battle continues to rage both panels of Electors have to meet in Tallahassee, vote, and otherwise comply with Florida and federal law, and then the Governor has to send both lists to the United States House of Representatives, otherwise Florida is in default. Then the House has to decide which list is valid.