Question

During the 2020 general election, GOP incumbent Donald Trump is once again successful in his bid for the presidency. Mr. Trump amasses 307 electoral votes compared to the 231 electoral votes Beto O'Rourke, the Democratic candidate, received. Following a selective state recount of the presidential election results, poll workers discover that Green Party Candidate Jill Stein actually won the popular vote in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, resulting in a deduction of 47 electoral votes from the GOP incumbent Donald Trump’s total. As a result of the deduction Mr. Trump now possesses 260 electoral votes. The recount also reveals a loss of two electoral votes to O'Rourke due to the non-votes by two faithless electors in Florida. O'Rourke’s final number now rests at 229 electoral votes. What would be the next step(s) in deciding which candidate becomes the next President of the United States?

Answer 1

The final number in steps is 229 electoral votes

Answer 2

The election would be given to the members of the House of Representatives who would be able to select either O'Rourke, or Trump only, because they were the only candidates who received more than 15% of the available electoral votes.

What is the role of house of representative?

The house of representatives are those that has been given the authority to make and pass federal laws.

They are supposed to handle and mischief during elections that may affect the process on order to ascertain the rightful leader.

From the excerpt given, since a recount of the votes where made and the three parties involved had a miscount, the final decision should be made by the house of representatives.

This is because, the house of representatives has the authority to elect the president from the three presidential candidates that received the highest votes.

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