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Federal Insider: Electoral college will vote Monday

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BOONE, IOWA: AUGUST 13 -- President Barack Obama makes a campaign stop during a three day bus tour in Boone, Iowa, Monday, August 13, 2012. (Photo By Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post

Electoral college will vote Monday

Often-misunderstood voting system expected to put a drama-free fine point on Obama's reelection victory.

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Isabel Myers used this answer sheet card in her research during the early stages of developing steps 2 and 3 of the famous Myers-Briggs personality tests. She kept copious records of each person who took the test which was noted in the overall Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Isabel Myers and her mother Katharine Briggs were the two women who created the test during World War II. (Courtesy Kathy Myers) Photo of Katharine Briggs (L) and daughter Isabel Myers in   1923. The pair creatored the world famous Myers-Briggs personality tests. (Photo Courtesy Kathy Myers) BOCA RATON, FL - SEPTEMBER 28: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at the Century Village Clubhouse on September 28, 2012 in Boca Raton, Florida. Biden continues to campaign across the country before the general election. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, sings 'America the Beautiful' as he   campaigns at Lake Sumter Landing, The Villages, Fla., Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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