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Tuesday, December 07, 2004
Could John Kerry still be elected?
It's possible. Slate's Timothy Noah explains:
The magic number for 2004 is 18. If 18 Bush electors betray both their party and the popular vote and cast their votes for John Kerry on Dec. 13—when, as we Electoral College bores like to point out, the real presidential election takes place in state capitals around the country—then John Kerry will become president. It isn't remotely likely, and it would violate the principle of democratic government (just as the Electoral College itself does). But it remains in the realm of the possible.It's not going to happen, but as Noah explains it could--at least constitutionally speaking.
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