The available electoral vote recount theory is just so much noise. It takes 270 electoral votes to be elected President. If neither candidate gets to 270 then the House of Representatives elects the President and the Senate elects the VP. In that case we would have Trump-Pence as the winner.
A simple majority of the electoral votes cast is simply not suffient to win the Presidency.
For Hillary to become President she would need the electoral votes of WI, PA and MI.
Not going to happen.
“It takes 270 electoral votes to be elected President.”
Not true.
The 12th Amendment states that the candidate who wins a majority of “the electors present”, becomes the president.
If Hillary managed to get the three states’ electors disqualified, she’d still have to win the majority of those seated. With the current math, she’d still lose.
To win, she has to actually flip a number of electors (don’t remember the number).
>>>A simple majority of the electoral votes cast is simply not suffient to win the Presidency<<<
That isn’t correct. As another Poster noted on another Thread, the Constitution does not say anything about 270 Electoral Votes. It’s a Majority.
“A simple majority of the electoral votes cast is simply not suffient to win the Presidency. For Hillary to become President she would need the electoral votes of WI, PA and MI.”
I thought that as well, but it’s wrong.
It’s a majority of electors appointed, not a majority of all possible electors.