While it’s extremely unlikely, given the way this timeline is going…
Things to think about:
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Only about half of the states require their electors to vote for the person that won their state. Who are the electors? Generally no one you know.
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If there’s a tie, the House elects a president and the Senate elected the VP. Sub-consideration: it is the composition of the House and Senate after the November election that makes those determinations.
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This would all technically be decided on January 6th. And you remember how that went last time.
Regardless, it’s highly unlikely this will happen. Still, this would be utter and complete madness. There is literally a non-zero chance we have a Trump/Harris administration. 🤣
Fun fact: if the process makes it to this point, while the Senate holds a straight vote, in the House each state’s House delegation gets a single vote. So the vote of all 50-ish California members have the same weight as Wyoming’s lone representative.
Right now, Republicans hold a clear majority of state delegations (28), but if there is a Blue Wave that might change. Also, some house delegations are evenly split and who knows what will happen with those.
that’s a bit silly, might as well just have the senate choose both then.
The rules do need to be updated. They were intended to be updated, however we have this culture of preserving them instead of updating them.