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Article: Electoral college to write final chapter of voting saga
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- December 18, 2000
- Author:
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AT NOON today, members of the electoral college will convene in
their respective state capitals and cast the votes that will make
George W Bush the 43rd president of the United States. Under normal
circumstances, the electoral college vote passes almost unremarked:
it is nothing more than the ceremony that formalises an election
result already clear and known.
This year, however, is different, both because of the long
uncertainty about the outcome of the election and the closeness of
the numbers in the electoral college. The vote - which always takes
place on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December -
and the electoral college as an institution, have attracted more
attention ...