Don’t put it past democrats to have electors submit votes for non-candidates or bullshit candidates to make sure nobody has a majority.
If a couple of purple states for example direct electors to Vote for the Green Party candidate as an upset move, then the total electors remains high but nobody gets a majority.
They consider spying and treason fair tactics, why not rigging the electoral college?
If they do that, the choice goes to whoever makes up the House on January 6 (ie, the candidates chosen in November). Each state gets one vote, so no advantage for CA and NY. I don’t think they’d like that outcome
The Constitution. Article II, Section 3, and Amendments XII and XX cover how the EC works, and nothing in there explicitly enumerates how many votes are required to win other than a “majority”
As long as we get over 270.
Dems are going to full court press purple states with blue governors.
We don’t need 270. We need a majority of the votes cast. If California doesn’t send electors, only 483 are available, and 242 are needed to win
Don’t put it past democrats to have electors submit votes for non-candidates or bullshit candidates to make sure nobody has a majority.
If a couple of purple states for example direct electors to Vote for the Green Party candidate as an upset move, then the total electors remains high but nobody gets a majority.
They consider spying and treason fair tactics, why not rigging the electoral college?
If they do that, the choice goes to whoever makes up the House on January 6 (ie, the candidates chosen in November). Each state gets one vote, so no advantage for CA and NY. I don’t think they’d like that outcome
That assumes Nancy allows a quorum to be called.
If she doesn’t, she becomes acting President.
Didn't the Supreme Court just put a kabosh on that?
source?
The Constitution. Article II, Section 3, and Amendments XII and XX cover how the EC works, and nothing in there explicitly enumerates how many votes are required to win other than a “majority”
^This. Theoretically you can win with only 1 electoral vote total being cast.