"Under the Constitution, the new House of Representatives would then elect the president by majority vote, with each state's House delegation getting one vote."
"The winner almost surely would be Bush, since the Republican Party is expected to control most delegations in the House, where it now has a 30-20 edge."
Well the Seattle Post-Intelligencer gets their information wrong again. If an electoral college tie of 269-269 votes did occur, then it would move to the Congress for the House of Representatives to resolve. There is would take 26 of the 50 State delegations to elect a President, however the current 108th House of Representatives is broken down by delegation as follows: 30 State delegations are Republican controlled, 15 State delegations are Democrat controlled, 1 State delegation is Socialist controlled and 4 State delegations are tied. The House of the 109th Congress would be the one to chose the President in the rare event of an electoral college tie, but not much of a change is expected except that Texas will go from the 'tied' catagory to that of being a Republican controlled delegation which would make the 109th House: 31(R), 15(D), 1(S), 3(tied).
Hope this helps,
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Thanks for the info !
I'm hoping that Bush get 300+ electoral votes. Kerry/Edwards must be stopped in their tracks.