[EL] An Electoral College Tie?

[Justin Levitt]

It's not just a tie that could send the election to the House of 
Representatives ... I believe it's any lack of a majority.  If, for 
example, the Americans Elect candidate wins enough electoral votes to 
deprive either the Republican nominee or the Democratic nominee of an 
Electoral College majority, the House decides the election.

Justin

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Justin Levitt
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On 12/15/2011 9:37 AM, Dan Johnson wrote:
> I'd love to see opponents of the National Popular Vote mount a robust 
> defense of the House of Representatives in a 
> one-vote-per-state-delegation selecting the President (the result of a 
> not-implausible tie in electoral votes).
>
> Because, after all, that is what they are defending. A tie will 
> eventually occur. Let us hope that the National Popular Vote compact 
> is established and confirmed by the Supreme Court before that 
> mathematical certainty rears its ugly head.
>
> Dan
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu 
> <mailto:rhasen at law.uci.edu>> wrote:
>
>
>         "An Electoral College Tie?" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26579>
>
>     Posted on December 15, 2011 9:18 am
>     <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26579> by Rick Hasen
>     <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
>     /National Journal/ ponders
>     <http://decoded.nationaljournal.com/2011/12/an-electoral-college-tie.php>.
>
>
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Justin Levitt
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Loyola Law School | Los Angeles
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