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To: gridlock

Fine with me. House picks the President and Senate picks Vice President.


25 posted on 11/01/2004 11:26:36 AM PST by Mikey_1962
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To: Mikey_1962
Now refresh my memory...

In a 269/269 tie, it would go to the House of Representatives, with each Congressional Delegation getting one vote. Do the 'Pubbies have 26 Congressional Delegations?

Also,

From Article II, Section 1... The person having the greatest number of votes shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such majority, and have an equal number of votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately choose by ballot one of them for President; and if no person have a majority, then from the five highest on the list the said House shall in like manner choose the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by States, the representation from each state having one vote; A quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. In every case, after the choice of the President, the person having the greatest number of votes of the electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal votes, the Senate shall choose from them by ballot the Vice President.

Does this mean that if 1/3 of the House decided to hide out in... say... Oklahoma, there would not be a quorum in the House and they could not elect a President? You think the Donks might try it?

36 posted on 11/01/2004 11:47:42 AM PST by gridlock (BARKEEP: Why the long face? HORSE: Ha ha, old joke. BARKEEP: Not you, I was talking to JF'n Kerry!)
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