Bruce,

>So, the next question is: what will occur in the US congress if that happens? As I understand, any member of either House can object to electors, and there might well be quite a few objections.
>
>Particularly in the Senate, it could get real interesting (er, maybe "messy" is a better term). The Dems will have an actual majority for a few weeks prior to Jan 20, and could theoretically cause enormous mischief, no?

Could be a good show. Challenges to electors can be made my any member, but the two sides of Congress must then vote separately to successfully challenge them. With the Senate in democratic hands with Al Gore's tie-breaking vote, I doubt that challenges to Gore electors can be sustained.

However, if there are competing slates of electors, you've got to do SOMETHING to decide which ones are correct, probably leading to the Congress deciding the election, President by House and VP by Senate, chosen from the candidates who won some electors (Bush/Lieberman).