What if it's a tie?

[ATLien247]

We all know that the electoral college elects our next president, right? Well, what if there was a tie between the two candidates? Would the popular vote then have any meaning, or would some other entity be the decision maker?

 

[DAM]

this was discussed already, i think the house take the vote.




do a search for it.






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[BigSmooth]

I believe the Senate chooses the president and the House chooses the vice president. There could therefore be a Bush-Lieberman or Gore-Cheney combo.

 

[DAM]

my bad, bigs is correct. but it was discussed earlier already.







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[Demon-Xanth]

Then they go into sudden death where they get in a steel cage and hack eachother apart with rabid squirrels

 

[ATLien247]

Search? BAH!!! 😉

So does the popular vote count for anything then? Or is it just something to make citizens feel important?

 

[StageLeft]

Read about it on cnn but honestly there will not be a tie...

 

[BigSmooth]

The popular vote doesn't end up deciding anything. This is how the Constitution was set up, because back then the founding fathers thought people didn't have enough information or could be too easily influenced by local government to be trusted with the final decision.

 

[BDawg]

I thought it was the house picks the president, since it is considered to be closer to the people. The senate picks the vp because he's president of the senate.

I thought I read that on MSNBC yesterday...

 

[BigSmooth]

You're probably right, I am most likely back-asswards. 🙂

 

[randomlinh]

I would prefer the steel death match cage method 🙂

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

That kind of tie has happened three times in history. The electorial college winner has always been elected.

 

[ride525]

From the Office of the Federal Register:


<< If no presidential candidate wins a majority of electoral votes, the 12th Amendment to the Constitution provides for the presidential election to be decided by the House of Representatives. The House would select the President by majority vote, choosing from the three candidates who received the greatest number of electoral votes. The vote would be taken by State, with each State delegation having one vote. If no Vice Presidential candidate wins a majority of electoral votes, the Senate would select the Vice President by majority vote, with each Senator choosing from the two candidates who received the greatest number of electoral votes. >>

 

[BDawg]

And supposedly if the house is a tie, the states get to vote. If they're a tie, then it's speaker of the house...Dennis Haskert (sp?) I belive if the Republicans keep control, or Gephart if the Dems take over.

 

[slunk]

If there is a 269-269 in the electoral college, it goes to a vote in January. If that were the case, each state gets one vote. The votes are decided by the state houses and senates. Ironically, if this were the case, Texas would end up giving its vote to Gore.

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

A tie will result in nude greco wrestling to the death, survivor will be next prez.

 

[Spindler]

if its a tie, then its on to the thunderdome.

Two men enter. One man leaves