Michael Dukakis and his running mate Lloyd Bentsen. Bush won in a landslide, but one elector flipped their ballot and voted Bentsen president and Dukakis vice president, giving Bentsen one electoral vote for president the elector, Margarette Leach of West Virginia, did it to protest the Electoral College. It was inconsequential because the vote was a landslide. In a no-Electoral College-majority election, the Dukakis-Bentsen flip would have resulted in the House choosing between the top three presidential electoral vote getters—Bush, Dukakis, and Bentsen.
And although constitutional scholars doubt whether the system would allow such a scenario to take place, Bentsen could in theory also be a vice presidential candidate the 12th Amendment has the Senate pick between the top two vice presidential vote-getters, so Dukakis would be out. In , one elector cast a vote for the Libertarians, despite them only getting popular votes in the entire country. But at least they were running for president. But after the Electoral College met, Ford only got If women got together on the Electoral College we could have had a woman President.
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Supreme Court actions affecting the November 3, , general election. Category : Election uncertainty, Voter information What's on my ballot? Where do I vote? How do I register to vote? How do I request a ballot? When do I vote? Is that likely? Probably not. It appears Biden is leading in Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District, which Trump won in and accounts for one electoral vote.
If he ends up winning there, the tie is off the table. The presidential election is left up to members of the House of Representatives in the event of a tie or any results where no one wins electoral votes.
The choice for the vice president is left up to the Senate. Live Election Day coverage: Trump projected to win Ohio, making it first major battleground state called. Members of the Electoral College gather in their states on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December following the election to officially elect the president.
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