www.infoplease.com/spot/closerace1.html Infoplease goes all the way back to the 1876 election to explain what happened the last time the U.S. Constitution overruled U.S. voters. As in last week's presidential race, the voters elected the Democratic candidate only to see their government overturn their mandate through the electoral college, a little-noticed constitutional passage that allows the other side to occasionally act like a Third World dictator.
www.nara.gov/fedreg/elctcoll/ The Electoral What? For generations the electoral college served one purpose: It incited parents to call their child's junior high school history teacher with remarks like: "How dare you teach little Johnny that the U.S. president isn't elected democratically." And until now, this page was only used by eighth-grade teachers to say "I told you so."
jurist.law.pitt.edu/election2000.htm Ever notice how lawyers only write clearly in the fine print and in billing statements? Well, here's one who breaks the mold, and he's an expert on election law to boot. Tony Sutin, who has a really long title, concisely explains the legal ramifications and precedents of the turmoil in Florida in a simple question-and-answer format.