Info reminder for those freaking out of this goes to the House - and reminder of electoral college timeline:
https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/key-dates
>November 3, 2020—Election Day
(first Tuesday after the first Monday in November)
>By December 8, 2020—States resolve controversies
>December 14, 2020—electors vote in their States
>December 23, 2020—electoral votes arrive
>On or before January 3, 2021—Archivist transfers Certificates to Congress
>January 6, 2021—Congress counts the electoral votes
>January 20, 2021 at Noon—Inauguration Day
"If no Presidential candidate wins at least 270 electoral votes (a majority of the 538 available votes), under the 12th Amendment to the Constitution the House of Representatives decides the Presidential election. If necessary, the House would elect the President by majority vote, choosing from among the three candidates who received the greatest number of electoral votes. The vote would be taken by State, with each State having one vote. (The District of Columbia does not vote because it doesn't have voting members in the House of Representatives.)"
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THE VOTE WOULD BE TAKEN BY STATE, EACH STATE HAS ONE VOTE.
House delegations will be 25 Republican, 18 Democrat, with 7 to be determined. One of those 7 is Alaska, almost certainly Republican. Of the other six, in Iowa and Michigan, the best Ds can do is tie the count.
Trump Wins
Bkmking this great info -thanks! (Chart in original post)
Info reminder for those freaking out of this goes to the House - and reminder of electoral college timeline:
https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/key-dates
>November 3, 2020—Election Day
(first Tuesday after the first Monday in November)
>By December 8, 2020—States resolve controversies
>December 14, 2020—electors vote in their States
>December 23, 2020—electoral votes arrive
>On or before January 3, 2021—Archivist transfers Certificates to Congress
>January 6, 2021—Congress counts the electoral votes
>January 20, 2021 at Noon—Inauguration Day
“If no Presidential candidate wins at least 270 electoral votes (a majority of the 538 available votes), under the 12th Amendment to the Constitution the House of Representatives decides the Presidential election. If necessary, the House would elect the President by majority vote, choosing from among the three candidates who received the greatest number of electoral votes. The vote would be taken by State, with each State having one vote. (The District of Columbia does not vote because it doesn’t have voting members in the House of Representatives.)”
***
THE VOTE WOULD BE TAKEN BY STATE, EACH STATE HAS ONE VOTE.
House delegations will be 25 Republican, 18 Democrat, with 7 to be determined. One of those 7 is Alaska, almost certainly Republican. Of the other six, in Iowa and Michigan, the best Ds can do is tie the count.
Trump Wins