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Originally Posted by warrenly
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January 6, 2005 - Counting of Electoral Votes: Congress meets in a joint session to count the electoral votes. Any member of Congress may challenge any electoral vote. If this occurs, the House and Senate must vote on whether to accept or reject the vote. A simple majority vote of both chambers is required to reject an electoral vote.
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I love it when I'm right. It happens so infrequently.
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OK. My only concern about the answer was when does the new Congress get seated. If no candidate wins a clear majority, then the House is required to immediately begin their own voting process. Each state gets one vote, and to win a candidate must get a majority (i.e. 26) of the votes. Which is interesting, since theoretically even with a majority Republican House if the distribution of Democrats to Republicans is just right a tie in the Electoral College could still give Kerry the Presidency.
Unlikely, but fun to fantasize about.