Changing Electoral College Not Likely
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The prospect of another close U.S. presidential election has focused new attention on the Electoral College, which actually chooses the winner, but the renewed calls for change are likely to fail as they have hundreds of times in the past.
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A freak tie result in the presidential election could mean the House of Representatives would choose the next president, a scenario that would favor Republican incumbent George W. Bush.
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The choice in Sunday's presidential election: move closer to Europe or Russia?
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The voting blocs that made winners of Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain in weekend presidential contests don't automatically spell victory for them in the contests next up.
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It&#39;s dawning on Americans that they may go to sleep Election Night, Nov. 2, and not know for weeks who won the presidency. Close polls, technical glitches, human error and legal challenges threaten a nightmare replay of the 2000 race.
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Forget the hi-tech predictions -- it will be years, if ever, before electors can use the Internet to vote, many policymakers believe.
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The California Legislature passed a bill that would give California's 55 electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote, rather than the candidate who captured the state &#151; but for now, the measure stands a slim chance of becoming reality.
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Colorado voters will decide on Nov. 2 whether the state will change the way it allots its nine Electoral College votes and the change could decide whether George W. Bush or John Kerry wins the presidency.
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Four years ago, the US Supreme Court picked a president rather than wait for the political process to play out. This time around, the president elected Nov. 2 may have a chance to change the
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WINNER-TAKE-ALL: The popular vote for president is interesting, but the real electing ballots are cast by the members of the Electoral College.
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Touch-screen voting machines in the Sunshine State insist 18,000 voters had no preference in a congressional race won by fewer than 400 votes. A recount is under way, but that just means printing a hard copy of the contested ballots. By Kim Zetter.
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Seems like anyone who can run for president in 2008 is considering it. And who can blame them? For the first time since 1928, there is no president running for re-election or vice president seeking his party's nomination.
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In a state where 537 of them decided the Presidency, a key case is challenging a rule that some see as disenfranchising legitimate voters
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While the undecideds are a small part of the electorate, they could determine the outcome of the election because the races are so tight in the swing states.
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Some Democrats say they fear their party's method of picking a nominee might turn undemocratic, with it unlikely Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama will get the delegates needed for the nomination. Party rules call for superdelegates to tip the balance.
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A state constitutional amendment in Colorado that could have changed the result of the US presidential election, had it passed, was defeated by voters.
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Despite all the vows of "never again" after the Florida fiasco of 2000, the scary scenarios for Election Day 2004 seem only to have increased: A tie vote in the Electoral College. A terrorist strike on Election Day. A disputed outcome in a critical state.