But the campaign left some electors in a quandary even as they voted.
The question was whether the Florida Supreme Court's decision had worked such a change on Florida's election law as to leave the electors who are eventually chosen open to challenge in Congress.
Two others have said they cannot take part, leaving 115 electors.
One PD official said the centre-left electors would cast blank ballots, meaning no president could be elected.
Bersani's announcement came shortly after former Prime Minister Romano Prodi announced he was pulling out of the race for president after more than 100 centre-left electors disobeyed Bersani's instructions to vote for him in parliament.
Vice President Al Gore received 266, one fewer than expected, because a District of Columbia elector left her ballot blank to protest Washington's lack of a voting representative in Congress.
Mr. Gore had 266, one less than he had expected, because a District of Columbia elector left her ballot blank to protest Washington's lack of a voting representative in Congress.
Mr. Bush got 271 electoral votes, one more than he needed for a majority and five more than Mr. Gore, who lost one vote in the Electoral College when a Washington, D.C., elector left her ballot blank to protest the District of Columbia's lack of voting power in Congress.
Despite being offered the chance to remain as ruler of Bavaria (under strict terms of an alliance with Austria), the Elector left his country and family in order to continue the war against the Allies from the Spanish Netherlands where he still held the post of governor-general.
Electors are left wondering if decisions have been made on their merits".
Mr. Bush's lawyers, on the other hand, proposed a more leisurely schedule, one that would have ended the trial stage on Dec. 11, the day before the designation of electors, leaving no time for any appeals.
