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To: PapaBear3625
Speakership goes to candidate with the most votes CAST

Here we go again. It goes to the candidate who gets a majority of House members' votes.

259 posted on 10/03/2023 2:46:34 PM PDT by CatOwner
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To: CatOwner
It goes to the candidate who gets a majority of House members' votes.

I think these are House rules. I don't see it in the Constitution. As such, the House could vote to change the rules to elect Speaker using some horrific plurality nonsense.

They probably won't, but still...

276 posted on 10/03/2023 2:50:22 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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