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What happens if no presidential candidate wins the majority of the elect oral votes?
If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the Twelfth Amendment of the United States Constitution provides that the U.S. House of Representatives will select the president, with each of the fifty state delegations casting one vote, and the U.S. Senate will select the vice-president.
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What happens if no candidate receives a majority of the vote?
If no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes then the U.S. House of Representatives will elect the President from the three candidates with the majority of votes in a special election in which each state gets one vote. This was established by the Twelfth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Under what set of circumstances might congress decide a presidential election?
Congress might decide a presidential election in the case of a disputed or tied Electoral College result. If no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the House of Representatives would vote to elect the president, with each state delegation having one vote. The Senate would vote to elect the vice president if no vice presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes.
Which amendment gives authority to the members of the house. to elect one of the top three presidential candidates in the event that no candidate receives a majority vote?
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Which amendment gives authority to the members of the house to elect one of the top three presidential candidates in the event that no candidate receives a majority vote?
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How is a U.S. presidential candidate is investigated or vetted?
the have to get a background check on the president before they can elect him/her
What if no candidates receive the majority vote and has this ever happened?
If the United-States Presidential Election ends in a tie then Congress has to elect a President themselves, if the Democrats would be the Majority in Congress then they would vote for the Candidate running for President for their Party and he would be elected President of the United-States, and if the Republicans had the Majority in Congress then they would elect the Candidate running for President for their Party or so I've been told. I hope this answer helps :).
What happens in a presidential system?
Members of Congress elect the leader.
How are the president-elect and president different?
The president-elect is the candidate who has won the presidential election in November, but cannot serve as President until Inauguration Day on January 20th of the following year.
Who is winning Obama or McCain?
Barack Obama has won the majority of presidential votes in the United States Election and has become the President-elect.
What is a purpose of a professional politician's campaign?
To get a particular candidate elected to a particular office. If that candidate does not get elected to the office they seek, he or she does not get to serve.
In the US presidential election voters do actually elect electors not the presidential candidates themselves?
Do the voters elect electors not the presidential candidates
How is a nominating convention used to select presidential and vice-presidential candidates?
Delegates from all the states meet and elect a candidate for president and then for vice president, Nowadays so many of the delegates are committed to a particular candidate by primary elections that one candidate can have the nomination "sewed up" before the convention occurs and lately it has been the custom to let the presidential nominee pick his running mate. This did not used to be the case.
