Romney-Biden May Be Winning Ticket in Unlikely Voting Tie
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On Jan. 20, Mitt Romney takes the presidential oath of office. Standing close by is his new vice president, Joe Biden.
Highly unlikely though that outcome may be, it’s possible under the complex U.S. system for selecting presidents. A 269-269 tie between Romney and Barack Obama in the Electoral College, the body set up to formally choose the president, would trigger fallback mechanisms that might leave the country in a constitutional and political tempest.