What if no candidate for President of the United States wins a majority of electoral votes? What happens then?
There will be a ‘contingent election.’ It happened twice in history, both times in the 1800’s. The House of Representatives would elect the President, and the Senate would elect the Vice-President.
There’s a more detailed explanation of the ‘contingent election’ process in the Congressional Research Service’s report dated November 3, 2016, and entitled Contingent Election of the President and Vice President by Congress: Perspectives and Contemporary Analysis.
Thank you for that info. The night of the election and the previous week came that question many times. What if????????????????????????????
Comment by Sharon Culbreth — November 14, 2016 @ 11:39 am