12-20-2008, 09:00 PM
Recounts or investigations were undertaken in 11 states, including Texas and Illinois. The net result was -3 electoral votes for Nixon, when it was discovered that Hawaii, which was awarded to Kennedy, then Nixon when irregularities were shown, was awarded back to Kennedy after the recount.
The Illinois State election board, which consisted of four Republicans and one Democrat, certified the election for Kennedy.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, the outgoing President and a Republican, originally endorsed the Republican National Committee's challenge of the election results, but after looking further into the conduct of the election, withdrew his endorsement of the challenge.
There is a pretty good summary here: http://www.slate.com/id/91350/
The Illinois State election board, which consisted of four Republicans and one Democrat, certified the election for Kennedy.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, the outgoing President and a Republican, originally endorsed the Republican National Committee's challenge of the election results, but after looking further into the conduct of the election, withdrew his endorsement of the challenge.
There is a pretty good summary here: http://www.slate.com/id/91350/