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
You’re assuming that she’s still Speaker in January. The 117th Congress (the entire House and 33 Senators) gets chosen in November and sworn in on January 3
That’s besides the point regardless. A quorum is called to count the Electoral College votes. No exceptions, unless the Dems are saying they want to stage a coup. If there’s no outright winner, the House has no choice but to immediately begin the process of choosing the President (eg, quorum is still active)
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”
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.
You’re assuming that she’s still Speaker in January. The 117th Congress (the entire House and 33 Senators) gets chosen in November and sworn in on January 3
That’s besides the point regardless. A quorum is called to count the Electoral College votes. No exceptions, unless the Dems are saying they want to stage a coup. If there’s no outright winner, the House has no choice but to immediately begin the process of choosing the President (eg, quorum is still active)
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.