Romney may lose electoral votes to... Ron Paul?!

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At least three Republican electors say they may not support their party's presidential ticket when the Electoral College meets in December to formally elect the new president, escalating tensions within the GOP and adding a fresh layer of intrigue to the final weeks of the White House race.

The electors – all are supporters of former GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul – told The Associated Press they are exploring options should Mitt Romney win their states. They expressed frustration at how Republican leaders have worked to suppress Paul's conservative movement and his legion of loyal supporters.

"They've never given Ron Paul a fair shot, and I'm disgusted with that. I'd like to show them how disgusted I am," said Melinda Wadsley, an Iowa mother of three who was selected a Republican elector earlier this year. She said she believes Paul is the better choice and noted that the Electoral College was founded with the idea that electors wouldn't just mimic the popular vote.

The defection of multiple electors would be unprecedented in the last 116 years of U.S. politics. And it would raise the remote possibility that the country could even end up with a president and vice president from different parties.

So even if the states Romney wins equal 270 or more electoral votes, it's possible that he'll be denied the majority that he would need to win.

If that happens, the US House would elect the President - but that would not be a direct election among House members. Instead, each state's House delegation would get one vote. Then, a majority of the states would need to vote for a candidate in order for that candidate to win. Republicans currently have majorities in enough state delegations that Romney would win.

The Senate will then choose the Vice President, but unlike the Presidential vote in the House, each Senator would get a vote for VP.

But here's the catch: It's not the current (112th) Congress that would vote, but the 113th Congress - those members we elect this November - who would settle the matter.

But none of this will matter if we can work hard and give Obama a comfortable Electoral College majority!