i believe it is electoral votes
The House of Representatives elects the President, and the Senate elects the Vice President.
The US Senate would choose the vice president from among the top three if no candidate gets a majority of the electoral votes.
Electoral votes are the type of votes that actual elect the president.
The Congress would decide who the Vice-president would be.
A voter votes and elects people into office.
In this case, the US Senate elects the vice-president.
House elects the president if no candidate has over 50% of the electoral college votes.
These people are called electors. They make up the electoral college which formally elects the President.
The electoral college elects the president of the united states. Each state has electoral votes according to their population.
The electoral college elects the US president. When the people vote for president, they are actually voting for the electors who made up the electoral college and who actually elect the president. The electors pledge to support one particular candidate. The electors never meet as a group but each elector votes in his state capital and the votes are sent to the Senate president. They are counted in a joint session of Congress.
Andrew Jackson in 1824 Nobody had the required minimum number of votes. When that happens, the House of Representatives elects the president from among the three with the most votes. They chose John Quincy Adams, who had the second-most electoral votes.
The public "votes for president" in November, but they are actually electing members to the electoral college at that time. (The electoral college elects the President and Vice President in December.)