The Electoral College Picks Gore
Each state's members of the Electoral College are required by law to "meet and give their votes on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December." In 2000, that day is December 18.
After the 50 separate sets of electors meet on December 18, it appears that many of the electors have defected! For the first time in U.S. history, there seems to be a major group of "faithless electors" -- that is, electors voting for a candidate other than the one they have pledged to vote for.
Since this has never happened before, Congress must make a decision: Will it honor the votes of the "faithless electors," or will it just discount their votes?
After some discussions with lawyers, Congress makes a decision...
| What does Congress choose? |
(1) If you want the members of Congress choose to honor the decisions from the "faithless electors," click here.
(2) Congressional leaders could meet in late December and demand that the states with "faithless electors" cast new ballots, or else risk a constitutional crisis. They could informally pressure the officials in those states to require a second meeting of electors, with the renegades replaced by loyal party members. That way, a sealed and certified set of election votes in favor of Bush would arrive in time for the official tally. If you want this to happen, click here.