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...presidential race is in doubt, a state's presidential electors "may be appointed...in such a manner as the legislature of such state may direct." Florida speaker of the house Tom Feeney ordered up a legal analysis that concludes that the legislature has the right to step in and select the state's 25 electors. If the outcome remains in doubt as the Dec. 12 deadline approaches, the Republican-dominated legislature may attempt simply to select the Bush electors. A more radical possibility is that if Gore is ahead of Bush in the final count, the legislature could overturn that...
...legislature has ever used the 1948 law to select electors, and it is not clear if the American public would accept it. Another potential minefield: passing a bill to select electors would require the approval of Governor Jeb Bush, the candidate's brother...
...election would then be thrown to the House to decide. In that case, each state would cast one vote, determined by the U.S. Representatives from that state. A majority of the congressional delegations, 28, are Republican. If a President were chosen in this manner, the U.S. Senate would then select the Vice President. The Senate will be evenly divided, 50-50, if Democrat Maria Cantwell hangs on after this week's recount in Washington State...
...team's discovery is the latest development in decades of research on how just how people select certain bits of visual information for special attention...
...back with a legal challenge questioning the bureau's constitutional power to unilaterally restrict fare changes. The case is winding through a Quebec court. Air Canada dived into hot water again in October, when a corporate official sent voice-mail messages about the airline's profit forecasts to select stock analysts. The stock plunged the next day, outraging investors not privy to the information. Milton denied Air Canada had done anything wrong...