If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the Twelfth Amendment of the United State Constitution provides that the U.S. House of Representatives will select the president, with each of the fifty state delegations casting one vote, and the U.S. Senate will select the vice-president.
The House of Representatives elects the president if no one get a majority of the electoral votes. The election is not a simple vote of the House. Each state gets one vote and the selection must be made from the three people with the most electoral votes. (States with more than one representative would have to caucus and determine how to cast their vote. ) 26 states would be a majority.
The Supreme Court broke the stalemate in 2000, and declared George W. Bush the winner over Al Gore. (A later recount determined that Gore actually should have been the winner.)
The general officer chooses if no president is the winner of the election.
In this event, the House of Representatives decides the election by voting on the top three candidates in a special procedure in which each state gets one vote.
Someone will always have the majority of voters.
In this case, the Electoral College decides.
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Yes. If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the Twelfth Amendment of the United State Constitution provides that the U.S. House of Representatives will select the president, with each of the fifty state delegations casting one vote, and the U.S. Senate will select the vice-president.
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If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the Twelfth Amendment of the United States Constitution provides that the U.S. House of Representatives will select the president, with each of the fifty state delegations casting one vote, and the U.S. Senate will select the vice-president.
If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the Twelfth Amendment of the United States Constitution provides that the U.S. House of Representatives will select the president, with each of the fifty state delegations casting one vote, and the U.S. Senate will select the vice-president.
If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the Twelfth Amendment of the United States Constitution provides that the U.S. House of Representatives will select the president, with each of the fifty state delegations casting one vote, and the U.S. Senate will select the vice-president.
If no candidate receives a majority of the electoral votes, the new House of Representatives chooses the President from among the top three,voting by state with each state delegation getting one vote.
The US Senate selects the vice-president if no candidate receives a majority of the electoral vote.
This question may be poorly written. To answer the question as it stands, the candidate who wins the election receives the majority of the electoral votes. This question may be poorly written. To answer the question as it stands, the candidate who wins the election receives the majority of the electoral votes.