Who occupys theOval Office after Jan 20 if there is an law suit?

[Auntie Bush]

[clydefrand]

1. Kerry

[flowomo]

2. Martin Sheen?

[Bjornsdotter]

3. Alexander Haig.....

:evilgrin:

Cheers,
Kim

[elcondor]

4. LOL . . .

:-D

[elcondor]

6. Double post

Sorry--forums acting up a bit already!

[Mojambo]

5. (Sigh...) Okay, I'll do it.

[Auntie Bush]

7. Hey you guys....I'm serious. Suppose Kerry wins, but Repubs

dispute the election and all those povisional votes etc. haven't been setteled and they can't declare a winner. Will George have to leave the oval office?

[maine_raptor]

8. The Electors vote, if tied, goes to House

And Bush has a second term.

Now an Elector could switch (Bush to Kerry) and break the tie.

[Walt Starr]

12. Nope, there doesn't even have to be a tie for it to go to the House

Just the fact that one of the canfdidates does not get a majority throws it to the House and the Senate.

As long as Kerry does not get more than 269 electoral votes, Bush wins regardless of how many electoral votes he gets.

[The Chronicler]

11. If that's the scenario, then tremendous pressure would be on Bush

to bow out.

[Walt Starr]

13. He doesn't have to. The bar is lower for Bush than for KErry.

Kerry MUST GET MORE THAN 269 ELECTORAL VOTES TO WIN!

Whether in court or via any other shenanigans, regardless of how many electoral votes Bush gets, so long as Kerry has no more than 269 electoral votes on January 6, 2005, Bush wins so long as he is one of the two candidates with the most electoral votes.

[Walt Starr]

9. Let's go to te U.S. Code to find out

Title 3 Chapter 1 covers it all.

http://assembler.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode03/usc_sup_01_3_10_1.html

[Arkana]

10. Al Sharpton

and he'll be wearing a diaper.

[Walt Starr]

14. If John Kerry does not have more than 269 electoral votes on Jan. 6, 2005

Bush will win, even if he has less than 200 electoral votes on January 6, 2005.

That's the constitution and U.S. code. There's no way to get around that simple fact. John Kerry MUST have 270 or more electoral votes to win. Anything fewer than that, and Bush wins.