Orthodox Social Choice versus Veto Players Theory Anthony J. M c Gann Department of Government University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ United Kingdom (0144) 1206 873475 & Michael Latner Political Science Department California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 805-756-2984 email: amccgann@essex.ac.uk , mlatner@calpoly.edu Anthony McGann is Reader in the Department of Government at the University of Essex, and Associate Professor in Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. Michael Latner is Assistant Professor in Political Science at The California Polytechnic State University. Paper prepared for Presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, September 3-6, 2009.