Just curious what would happen if the election is tied in electoral college? What does the constitution say about this?
One candidate has to hit 270 electoral votes. If that doesn’t happen, the election is thrown to the House of Representatives. The supreme court only gets involved if there is a legal dispute over the vote count or some other such thing.
July 10th, 2010 at 8:10 pm
House of Reps decides.
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July 10th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
Is this likely? Doesn’t seem so according to most recent reports. However:
"If this happened, the race would go to Congress–and its next House would cast its votes for President. But instead of 435 members voting individually, each state delegation would have one vote."
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http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/time/2000/10/23/tie.html
July 10th, 2010 at 9:20 pm
it goes to the electoral college to decide who’s going to be president
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July 10th, 2010 at 10:04 pm
bad bad memories of the 2000 election come to mind
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July 10th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
The House of Representatives decides. At least that is what is supposed to happen. Could be the Supreme Court though.
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http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/faq.html
July 10th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
One candidate has to hit 270 electoral votes. If that doesn’t happen, the election is thrown to the House of Representatives. The supreme court only gets involved if there is a legal dispute over the vote count or some other such thing.
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