The Vice President casts the tie breaker.
In order for a measure to pass in the United States Senate or Congress - it only takes a majority of votes or 1 vote more than half the number of those voting.
I don't recall, but there were only about 30 votes against it - roughly half Republicans and half Democrats.
only if there were 598 or 599 electoral votes An absolute majority of 538 electoral votes is 270 or more.
There are a total of 535 electors, but only 270 is needed to be elected president.
Simple majority of the majority of that house.
When the black men were allowed to vote as citizens, their votes counted as full votes. Previously, states had been allowed to count slaves as 3/5 of a person for the purposes of selecting Congressman.
Oregon has seven electoral votes.
It does not. Pennsylvania only has 20 electoral votes.
Only the U. S. Presidency and the U. S. Vice Presidency, and only when one of the candidates gets more than half of the available votes.
18
No, they only need to have a majority in electoral votes to win.
Electoral votes never decide the election; only the electoral votes matter. In 1824, four candidates received a substantial number of electoral votes. As a consequence, no one candidate received more than half. Therefore, as the Constitution requires, the House of Representatives elected the President. After some political wheeling and dealing, they chose the number two vote-getter, Adams, which they had a right to do.