Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> > That seemed very wrong to me, coming from the USA where we have a
> > constitution saying how often people can get elected and the procedures for
> > doing so. Indeed, the whole "Supreme Court stole the election for Bush"
> > nonsense is nonsense for just that reason: they simply said you can't have a
> > new election because the constitution says everyone has to vote the same day.
>
>   What does the constitution say about the situation where two candidates
> get the exact same number of votes?
>
> --
>                                                           - Warp

According to the 12th amendment if no person has a majority of the electoral
vote, the House of Representatives will choose the president from the three
candidates with the highest vote.

Isaac

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