[Jim Noble]

The Founders thought of everything. EVERYTHING.

The House elects the President from the top 3. But what if nobody wins?

The SENATE elects the VP from the top TWO. So, somebody has to win in the Senate.

If no President is elected by the House by January 20,2021 at noon, the VP chosen by the Senate becomes acting President until a President is elected in the House.

In no case does the Speaker of the House become President.

[Political Junkie Too]

Yeah, if the elections are so corrupted that there can't be an Electoral College vote, then the Democrat-controlled states will likely have trouble with their House elections, too, while the Republican states that didn't do massive mail-in ballots can still send Representatives to the House. A Democrat-vacant House will select a Speaker from those who were sworn in, which will then be a Republican, while the Democrat states are still sorting out their mess.

-PJ

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Section 3 of the 20th Amendment specifies that if a President or Vice-President is not elected in time for the inauguration on January 20th, then the Speaker of the House becomes acting President until the House selects a President and the Senate elects a Vice-President. If the Vice-President is selected before the President he/she replaces the Speaker and becomes President.