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notinkansas

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34. The entire US House of Representatives would not decide
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 06:19 AM
Jun 2020

In the 12th amendment scenario, each state gets one vote regardless of how many house members the state has. Even though blue states have larger populations and therefore more house members than red states, there are enough red states with repub house members to outnumber the blue state votes.

Ugly scenario.

From the article posted by the OP:

The 12th Amendment states that if the Electoral College does not reach a majority, which is 270, the election then goes to the House of Representatives. How could that possibly happen with Trump and Biden in 2020? The answer is the rabidly right-wing legislatures in Wisconsin, Ohio and Florida say that there is so much voter fraud and that the mail-in ballots are not to be trusted. Trust me, those states are going to do things such as misprint ballots. Many "mistakes" are going to occur in those red states.

So the result could be that Wisconsin, Ohio and Florida do not certify their electors, and Biden has lost those three states' votes. There are still not enough votes for Trump, but Biden does not hit the 270 threshold in the Electoral College to be elected president.

The 2020 election now goes to the House of Representatives, where every state gets a single vote. New York, California and Illinois each get a vote. Wyoming, South Dakota and Oklahoma each get a vote. Who wins? Most state delegations are majority Republican, even though the Republicans don't control the House and have far fewer voters in America. But by the rules of the Constitution, Donald Trump could be re-elected even if he loses both the Electoral College and the popular vote.

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Its writing on the wall but invisible to those who ought to be planning to crush the GOP tactics BSdetect Jun 2020 #1
Agree flamingdem Jun 2020 #3
there are groups working on it..join them questionseverything Jun 2020 #27
Scary, but Lulu KC Jun 2020 #2
Being On Guard and Vigilant samsingh Jun 2020 #4
Greg's nuttier than squirrel shit. BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #5
I agree. SlogginThroughIt Jun 2020 #7
He sure is still_one Jun 2020 #11
Palast is well respected notinkansas Jun 2020 #15
zzzzzzz obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #20
He's a defeatist, and barking mad BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #26
+1 DrToast Jun 2020 #17
agreed obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #19
Irresponsible journalism tman Jun 2020 #6
Is that an accident? BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #8
Perhaps he is bonding with Michael Moore still_one Jun 2020 #12
Yeah, better to just ignore what they're doing. Liberal In Texas Jun 2020 #16
not even a week ago in georgia 40 precincts had no machines and no paper ballots questionseverything Jun 2020 #30
I guess the only silver lining to this cloud... Binkie The Clown Jun 2020 #9
Exit polls are not infallible dragonlady Jun 2020 #10
It Wouldn't Take Many ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #35
Technically accurate re: WI, OH, & Fl forcing decision to House, but very unlikely Fiendish Thingy Jun 2020 #13
If the Republicans steal the election the American people will burn the country to the ground. shockey80 Jun 2020 #14
Just like they did in 2000? Thunderbeast Jun 2020 #21
Have you been watching the news the last three weeks? obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #22
And all the republicans with it. BComplex Jun 2020 #24
Watch GOP State Legislatures Thunderbeast Jun 2020 #18
yawn obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #23
How he'll TRY to steal the election StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #25
I actually don't think a lot of people around him want to help him win. They are sick of him. nt Quixote1818 Jun 2020 #28
I agree that there are those you mentioned, but Trump has Progressive Jones Jun 2020 #31
Would not surprise me. There are mostly criminals around him. nt Quixote1818 Jun 2020 #32
snore SiliconValley_Dem Jun 2020 #29
OH I'M SURE ... NOT !!!!! the 2020 presidential election will be decided in the House of Representa trueblue2007 Jun 2020 #33
The entire US House of Representatives would not decide notinkansas Jun 2020 #34
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