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Can anyone confirm this in the event Congress chooses President?
posted ago by bjjmike69 +10 / -0

I have been seeing on here that if the election is declared invalid that the House chooses the election. At first this sounds terrible for us, but I have also seen on here that it isn’t a vote of the entire House but rather a delegate from each state. Assuming people vote party lines, then the Republicans would win 26-24. Is this actually how it works?

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– irspow 2 points ago +2 / -0

I believe each State gets two votes. And I heard in this regard Republicans hold a decent majority. (Which makes sense as the overwhelming majority of democrats live in just a handful of States.)

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– GenericInsult 2 points ago +2 / -0

That, coupled with the losses Democrats are going to take in the House in the coming election pretty much clenches it.

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– Kipple 1 point ago +1 / -0

12th Amendment snippet:

...and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, 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...

So all 55 delegates of California will get to vote on the top three candidates that received the most votes. In this case it'll go blue, and Biden will get exactly 1 vote from California.

Trump won 30 States in 2016. Which means he'll kick ass, if it comes down to this procedure.

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– Schiffblower 1 point ago +1 / -0

One vote per state in the House

2 votes per state in the senate

Edit: if it’s in December (I think it is) then we win anyway

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