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To: RummyChick

In 1876, when the nation went to the polls to elect Grant’s successor, Democratic candidate Samuel Tilden, governor of New York, emerged with a lead of more than 260,000 popular votes. But Tilden had amassed only 184 electoral votes—one shy of the number needed to defeat his Republican opponent, Governor Rutherford B. Hayesof Ohio. Returns from three states (Louisiana, Florida, South Carolina) were in dispute, with both sides claiming victory. Together, the states represented a total of 19 electoral votes, which along with one disputed elector from Oregon would be enough to swing the election Hayes’s way. The U.S. Constitution provided no way of resolving the dispute, and now Congress would have to decide.
Pence as president of the senate preside over congress.


183 posted on 12/22/2020 5:16:27 PM PST by hoosiermama ( When you open your heart to patriotism, there is not room for prejudice. .DJT )
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To: hoosiermama

This is not that.

You can hold out hope for Pence to save the day. Maybe he will

Either the State Legislatures act, and/or the Court acts, or Trump unloads a bombshell...... or Biden becomes President.


186 posted on 12/22/2020 5:22:05 PM PST by RummyChick (I BLAME KUSHNER)
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To: hoosiermama

“The U.S. Constitution provided no way of resolving the dispute, and now Congress would have to decide.”

LOL! But the US Constitution DID provide a way of resolving the dispute, the way that was used: the Houses of Congress decided.


188 posted on 12/22/2020 5:23:39 PM PST by mrsmith (US MEDIA: " Every 'White' cop is a criminal! And all the 'non-white' criminals saints!")
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