http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2012/ecalculator#?battleground
The states that are considered toss-up are:
CO, FL, IA, NC, NH, NV, OH, VA, and WI
If Obama wins FL, he only needs 1 more toss-up to win.
If he wins OH, he can win with either 1 or 2 of the other toss-ups, according to their vote value, except for this:
Obama wins NH, OH, and WI and the vote is 269 to 269, and we go to Congress for their vote. The House would select the President, but the Senate selects the Vice-President.
If Romney and Obama both finish on November 6 with 269 electoral votes apiece, the true results will not be known until December 17.
That's when the electors, Democratic and Republican loyalists nominated by state party officials and placed on the ballot alongside the presidential candidates, meet in their respective state capitals and the District of Columbia to formally cast their electoral votes.
That has become a mostly irrelevant exercise in recent presidential elections. But in the event of a razor-thin finish, or a 269-vote tie, every elector will suddenly wield great power.
A handful of states have "faithless elector" laws on the books designed to punish electors who switch their votes, and some two dozen states require electors to pledge to vote for the state's winner.
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote!
Michael H. Drucker
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