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*The Electoral College result in the 1800 election also required the House to choose the president, but that took place before the passage of the 12th Amendment (that election precipitated its ...
A tie in the Electoral College, while slim, is still possible. Here's what to expect should a tie occur.
After the 1800 election, the House voted 35 times to break the tie in electoral votes between Democratic-Republicans Thomas Jefferson and his running mate Aaron Burr without reaching a majority ...
If the House doesn’t elect a president before Inauguration Day on January 20, then the vice-president elect would serve until the House decides the presidency. In the case of a tie for the vice ...
Instant runoff (IRV), minimax and the Borda count are natural tie-breaks. The first two are not frequently advocated for this use but are sometimes discussed in connection with Smith's method where similar considerations apply. Dasgupta and Maskin proposed the Borda count as a Copeland tie-break: this is known as the Dasgupta-Maskin method. [11]
With two candidates fighting over a mere 538 Electoral College votes, a tie scenario is more than possible. It’s actually kind of surprising there has only been one tie election so far, in 1800 ...
The new law also aims to prevent a repeat of the 1876 election deadlock when three states submitted "dueling slates of electors" -- one slate certified by the state's lawmakers and a competing ...
On the night of the US presidential election, November 5/6, polls will close at different times across the United States, usually on the hour.