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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (39497)	8/1/2004 7:48:11 PM
From: CalculatedRisk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

A tie goes to a vote in the sitting House and the rules are bizarre. I've assumed Bush would win a tie since the GOP controls the House, but on further review ... Article II applies, but there are several amendments too (XII, XX, XXV). It appears that each state gets 1 vote, and the winner must receive 2/3 of the states (34 states). If no one is selected, I think Cheney becomes President!!! Amendment XX, Section 3: "If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified."