Ron Paul Diss Blowback: Three Electoral College Members May Not Vote for Romney

At least three Republican electors say they may not support Mitt Romney when the Electoral College meets in December to formally elect the new president.

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

AP with what could result:

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.

If Romney prevailed in an extremely close presidential election, for example, defections could deprive him of the Electoral College majority needed to secure the presidency. That would throw the presidential election into the U.S. House for the first time in nearly two centuries. The Senate would elect the vice president if neither running mate got a majority of the electoral votes. If Republicans retained control of the House, and with the each state delegation getting a single vote, Romney probably would prevail. But if the Senate remained in Democratic hands, Vice President Joe Biden would be the favorite.

The electoral college works by each party choosing people to serve as electors in the 50 states, and electors from the winning party convene in each state capital in December to officially select the president and vice president.