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Thursday, May 06, 2004
 
What Nader Could Do

Sorry for the radio silence, loyal readers. I've been traveling for my day job.

I'm still believe that Nader will have less of an effect than he had in 2000, and, as in 2000, the numbers he actually garners will be much less than he is polling now. But he still could have some impact, particularly if a state is as close as Florida last time.

Bruce Ackerman from Yale Law School has an interesting idea: Have Nader select the same electors as Kerry, so that Nader's votes will be, essentially, a vote for electors who would vote for Kerry in the electoral college.

Now, I'm not sure about the viability of this; I mean, aren't electoral votes awarded to the candidate who wins a state, and then his chosen electors get to cast those votes? As opposed to electors themselves garnering votes, and the electors with the most votes taking the right to cast that state's electoral votes? Is this a question of individual state law? Anybody have some insight?

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