That "if no one gets 270" thing is a mis-interpretation. If a states votes are tossed out completely, the winner is still whoever has a majority. 270 comes from dividing 2/538 total votes + 1. If all 538 votes are counted and there is no majority, which is only possible in a 269- 269 tie, THEN the vote goes state houses.
but if you toss out 38 votes that don't go to either candidate, then whoever gets 251 votes wins the election.
...except it's not? lol. 270 isn't an arbitrary number, it's the available amount of votes divided in half plus one for a majority. You can look it up yourself.
Question, if Trump doesn't initiate the Insurrection Act today, then does that make the state legislatures our last peaceful option?
That "if no one gets 270" thing is a mis-interpretation. If a states votes are tossed out completely, the winner is still whoever has a majority. 270 comes from dividing 2/538 total votes + 1. If all 538 votes are counted and there is no majority, which is only possible in a 269- 269 tie, THEN the vote goes state houses.
but if you toss out 38 votes that don't go to either candidate, then whoever gets 251 votes wins the election.
Wrong
...except it's not? lol. 270 isn't an arbitrary number, it's the available amount of votes divided in half plus one for a majority. You can look it up yourself.