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What would happen if the Election resulted in equal Electoral votes and too close Populous vote. Came down to tbe House. Then in the House members refuse to vote and a stalemate occurs.
What happens next? How long can they keep the process going? Would there be another Election? Could a candidate get fed up and declare himself or herself the next POTUS?
The popular vote does not matter at all. If no candidate receives 270 electoral votes, the election goes to the House. Each state delegation has one vote. Alaska has as much influence in the decision as California. The candidate receiving the majority of delegations becomes President.
That also means that with an even 50 votes in the House and 50 in the Senate (D.C. doesn’t get a vote), there is potential for yet another tie vote. But the 12th Amendment covers that too: “if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.” This section was later superseded by the 20th Amendment, which moved the start of the new session of Congress from March to early January.
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So Joe Biden could technically be the next President of the US
As I said. From what I see it's a possibility.
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