In order to win the Presidential race, the candidate must receive 270 electoral votes. If there are not enough to declare a winner, or if it is a tie (which is rare) the House of Reps get one vote per state.
Yes,it is basically illegal.....
People in the senate thought he would change the roman religion so the legend says that a friend told him not to go to the senate and beware the ides of March (March 15). Julius did not listen to this comment and went to the senate, and was stabbed to death by the senators.
P.S- this is from what I read off the internet...
It was the Cuban Missile crisis which made great tension between the USSR(Now called Russian Republic) and the United States. As Cuba was very close to Florida, Kennedy was worried that Russia was shipping nuclear warheads and missiles into Cuba. I hope this help!