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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (82752)	9/24/2020 4:32:02 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 85487

If congress decides not to count the electoral votes because the candidate said he wouldn't take office, constitutionally the house decides who's president without regard to the electoral votes cast. IfPatrick Leahy is a qualified candidate for president (I think he is) they could decide on him, but he wouldn't automatically become president and I don't think the house would select him. Unless by "no votes cast" you don't mean no electoral votes cast or counted but no votes in the house as well. I don't think the constitution covers the house simply refusing to select a president in the cases where it would go to the house for a decision. The president pro-tempore of the senate is next in line in succession after the president and the VP, but that's during a term not for the selection of a president for a new term. Also Leahy isn't president pro-tempore anymore. Chuck Grassley is.

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