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  2. Contingent election - Wikipedia

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    The presidential electors in turn cast electoral votes for the two offices. Electors normally pledge to vote for their party's nominee, but some "faithless electors" have voted for other candidates. A candidate must receive an absolute majority of electoral votes (currently 270) to win the presidency or the vice presidency. If no candidate ...

  3. What Happens If Neither Presidential Candidate Gets 270 ... - AOL

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    A candidate must earn a minimum of 270 electoral votes to declare victory, but technically, candidates can tie with 269 votes each. Related: Far-Right House Leader Calls on North Carolina to ...

  4. How the Electoral College Actually Works

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    On Jan. 6, Congress meets to count the electoral votes and certify victory for the candidate who has received at least 270. If no presidential candidate gets 270 votes, then Congress will elect ...

  5. United States Electoral College - Wikipedia

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    If no candidate for president receives an absolute majority of the electoral votes (since 1964, 270 of the 538 electoral votes), then the Twelfth Amendment requires the House of Representatives to go into session immediately to choose a president. In this event, the House of Representatives is limited to choosing from among the three candidates ...

  6. How the House would pick the president in the event of an ...

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    One other potential scenario looms this fall: the "contingent election" of the president and the vice president that would happen if no one can secure the 270 electoral votes needed to win the ...

  7. President-elect of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The electoral votes are counted in a joint session of Congress in early January (on January 6 as required by 3 U.S. Code, Chapter 1, or an alternative date set by statute), and if the ballots are accepted without objections, the presidential and vice-presidential candidates winning at least 270 electoral votes—a majority of the total number ...

  8. Why the United States president is not elected by popular ...

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    What happens if no presidential candidate receives a majority of Electoral College votes? There currently are 538 electoral votes in the Electoral College; a majority, or 270, elects the president ...

  9. What happens if there’s an Electoral College tie - and what ...

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    Only once in US history has the president not been chosen by the Electoral ... of 270 electoral votes. Article II Section 1 Clause 3 of the Constitution states that if no candidate gets a majority ...