51.   Come November, all that matters are electoral votes.

52.   Could its seven electoral votes be crucial?

53.   Critics also say that other modern elections have hung on precariously slim electoral vote tallies.

54.   Congress met to count the electoral votes.

55.   Despite losing the popular vote nationwide, the tally gave Bush enough electoral votes to send him to the White House.

56.   Do we let the House of Representatives decide as they are authorized to do under the current system if the electoral votes are split evenly?

57.   Democrats contend Republicans are just trying to find a way to deliver Bush the electoral votes he needs to beat Gore.

58.   Each state gets a number of electoral votes equal to the number of members it has in the House of Representatives, plus one for each senator.

59.   Each state has electoral votes equal to its representation in the Congress.