If no candidate receives the majority of the electoral college votes then the House Of Representatives elects the president from among the three with the highest number of votes. They must vote by special procedure in which each state gets one vote. States with more than one congressman would have to caucus to determine their one vote.
(If no vice-presidential candidate has a majority , the Senate chooses the new VP from among the top two.)
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If no candidate receives a majority of the electoral vote (currently 270 of 538), the House of Representatives decides the election. Each state gets one vote. This happened in the 1824 election where 4 candidates received electoral votes. John Q. Adams was declared the winner even though he carried less than 31% of the popular vote and 15 less electoral votes than Andrew Jackson. The other candidates were Wm Crawford and Henry Clay who became Sec of State for Adams. This became known as the "corrupt bargain" as it was believed by Jackson that Clay swung his support and votes to Adams in exchange for this appointment after Adams became president. Adams ultimately received 13 votes in the house, Jackson 7 and Crawford 4. Clay was eliminated asthe 12th amendment specifies the top 3 electoral vote getters will have their names submitted to the House.
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the House of Representatives chooses the president.
the House of Representives
The House Of Representatives
Electoral votes are the type of votes that actual elect the president.
He received a majority of the votes from the electoral college in order to elect him as president.
The Electoral College voters decide the President-Elect because their votes are the ones that count.Whoever wins the Electoral Vote in any US Presidential Election will win.
It takes 270 votes to get a majority of the 538 votes possible. Half of 538 is 269 so one more than that is a majority.
Yes, the responsibility of electing the U. S. President falls to the U. S. House of Representatives when the electoral college fails to elect a clear winner, with an absolute majority of electoral votes.
A simple majority. At present, that's at least 270 votes.
Barack Obama has won the majority of presidential votes in the United States Election and has become the President-elect.
We need representatives in our system because they can help elect our president, if there is a low majority of votes from the House of Representatives.
2 votes
In order to elect, one candidate must receive more than half of the votes. If more than two people receive votes, then it is possible that no one will get this required majority.
As long as the number of states and the number of House seats remain unchanged, 270 votes qualifies as an absolute majority.
majority on electoral votes