If the electors behave in December and affirm an Election Night split decision, the action would move on to the House of Representatives.

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In the United States, the three national networks, once watched by almost every sentient being in the land, now split fewer than half the audience between them each night.

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Tradition dictated that the journey be split in two, and that we spend part of the night on the mountain before striking out for the top in time for sunrise.

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