While it’s extremely unlikely, given the way this timeline is going…

Things to think about:

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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. 🤣

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    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.

    Generally no one we know, but the campaigns know them. Each campaign will select their own slate of electors, and whichever side wins the election in that state will have their electors cast the electoral votes. Since it is supposed to be mainly a ceremonial position, these electors tend to be party loyalists.

    So, in the event of a 269/269 tie, it is very unlikely that an elector will defect to the other side after being hand-picked for their loyalty.