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BeauIf 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.
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If there is a tie or no majorit in the electoral college votes how is it decided who would be president?
If the electoral college is not able to elect a President, the election goes to the House of Representatives.
What happens if there is a tie in the senate and there is no vice president?
Under the Senate's rules, a bill has to receive a majority (meaning more than half) of the votes to pass. Therefore, if there is a tie and there is no Vice President to break the tie, the bill fails because is has not received a majority. A previous answer asserted that the President Pro Tempore would break the tie--however, the President Pro Tem is a Senator and therefore would presumably have already voted.
Which president only votes so th ey can break a tie?
the vice president's only job, besides becoming president if the president dies, is to break a tie in a vote in the senate.
Who is the president of the senate and when may that person vote?
The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided. (quote from the Constitution), In other words, he can vote to break a tie. The current Vice President of the United States is Joe Biden.
What president was a tie salesman before he became President?
Harry S Truman.
