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To: throwthebumsout

Pursuant to the 12th Amendment, the House of Representatives is required to go into session immediately after the counting of the electoral votes to vote for president if no candidate for the office receives a majority of the electoral votes. In this event, the House is limited to choosing from among the three candidates who received the most electoral votes. Each state delegation votes en bloc, with each state having a single vote. A candidate is required to receive an absolute majority of state delegation votes (currently 26 votes) in order for that candidate to become the president-elect. The House continues balloting until it elects a president. As a consequence of the state delegation voting method, the party that holds the majority in the House could still lose the contingent election if the minority party holds the majority of state delegations.


79 posted on 10/01/2020 4:44:41 PM PDT by bosco24
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To: bosco24

Each state only gets one vote in the house. Now the Republicans have more states therefore more votes and we win again.


82 posted on 10/01/2020 4:49:32 PM PDT by bosco24
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