LINDA STOUFFER, CNN ANCHOR: In just a few hours, members of the Electoral College will meet in their respective state capitals to cast their votes for president. CNN will have live coverage of the balloting, from around the country all day long. It begins at 10:00 Eastern time. We want to get a preview, now, of the vote that actually decides the presidency, and CNN's Ed Garsten joins us from Nashville, Tennessee. Hello, Ed.</s>ED GARSTEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning to you, Linda. And you're right, this is where the president is really elected. We are here in the House chamber of the Tennessee state capitol, in Nashville, Tennessee, where about thee hours from now, Tennessee's 11 electors -- 11 Republican electors -- will enter the room and cast Tennessee's 11 electoral votes, not for native son Al Gore, but for George W. Bush, who carried the state. We talked to some of the electors last night. They said that they had no intention of changing the vote over to Al Gore. And coming up in a few minutes, one of them will also tell why Al Gore didn't carry his own state, as well. A whole lot more on CNN -- as you said, live coverage all throughout the day, and it all will get under way in a few minutes on "EARLY EDITION" -- Linda.</s>STOUFFER: We'll look forward to that. Ed Garsten, thank you very much, we'll see you then.
Election 2000: Electoral College to Meet in State Capitals to Cast Presidential Votes