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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Ilaine who wrote (123628)1/25/2001 3:22:40 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
Actually it's a little more complicated that I've made it here - the difficulty lies in the language of the XII Amendment - what happens when neither candidate gets a majority of the Electoral votes? The House of Representatives chooses the President from the three candidates who got the most Electoral votes if neither got a majority - I was thinking that the Senate would have to ratify but they don't. The Senate picks the Vice President. But the problem is, what would have happened to Florida's votes if the Florida vote contest was still ongoing on December 18? Would Florida's Electoral votes have been counted towards determining what was a majority or not? If not, Gore would have won by default - because he had more Electoral votes not counting Florida - the Constitution is not clear about this at all.

I think given the makeup of the House, it would have picked Bush rather than Gore.
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