Election tie?
http://indeo.ligos.com.
If Nevada and Wisconsin both go back to Kerry, then the votes of the electoral college would be a tie. Who would run the country if this happened?
Brittanic States
04-09-2004, 00:36
http://indeo.ligos.com.
If Nevada and Wisconsin both go back to Kerry, then the votes of the electoral college would be a tie. Who would run the country if this happened?
Gary Coleman
BastardSword
04-09-2004, 00:42
Supreme Court would give it to Bush, they always do.
Seriously, does anyone know procedure?
Kleptonis
04-09-2004, 00:51
Doesn't Congress vote on it?
If so, then Bush wins.
Johnistan
04-09-2004, 00:52
I pretty much think all hell would break lose.
Stephistan
04-09-2004, 00:53
Doesn't Congress vote on it?
If so, then Bush wins.
I believe you're correct. It would go to Congress.
The SARS Monkeys
04-09-2004, 00:56
I thought that if both people passed the electoral voting system or both were equal then it would go to the actual voters. WTF, why can't I remember the name of the other college.
I believe you're correct. It would go to Congress.And if thats a tie?
Stephistan
04-09-2004, 01:05
Look up the 12th Amendment.
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a26e61f3db4.htm
Pantylvania
04-09-2004, 01:23
Nevada isn't expected to turn blue until after Ohio does, but I'll still give you the answer. If no candidate gets a majority of the possible electoral votes, the members of the House of Representatives go back to their respective states and vote for one of the top 3 candidates. If a candidate gets a majority of the votes from the representatives of a state, he receives what could be considered a super electoral vote. If at least 2/3 of the state delegations try to produce a super electoral vote and the total number of super electoral votes is more than half the number of states, whoever got the most super electoral votes wins. If less than 2/3 of the state delegations meet, or if they don't get more than half of the state delegations to produce a super electoral vote, or if no candidate ends up with a plurality, the US representatives are given a chance to go through the whole process again in hopes of coming up with a winning candidate. If they still haven't reached a quorum and given a candidate a plurality of the super electoral votes by March 4, the country pretends that someone won the election and then resigned.