[PapaBear3625]

RINOs don’t need to vote for the Democrat. They just need to vote “present”. Speakership goes to candidate with the most votes CAST

https://www.congressionalinstitute.org/2020/12/28/how-the-house-elects-its-speaker-2/

[CatOwner]

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.