Article: ELECTORAL COLLEGE'S SURVIVAL DEBATED.(News)

Byline: Chris Otts Scripps Howard News Service

WASHINGTON -- It's possible -- unlikely, but possible -- that Richard Robb, mayor of South Charleston, W.Va., since 1975, could cast the deciding vote in the presidential election.

Mathematically, there are more than a dozen ways President Bush and challenger John Kerry could tie in the Electoral College, with 269 electoral votes each, sending the election to the House of Representatives.

One of those possible ties could feature Robb, one of 538 electors nationally and one of five Republican electors from the rural mountain state.

If he breaks form and casts a vote for Kerry, the ...

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