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Lincoln Republican
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« on: May 10, 2017, 09:20:00 AM »
« edited: May 10, 2017, 09:26:06 AM by Lincoln Republican »

Presidential election results

Republican                         265 electoral votes

Democratic                        263 electoral votes

Tied vote Wisconsin             10 electoral votes



Would never happen, but that is not the question nor the issue.  

The issue is that the votes in Wisconsin have been counted, re-counted, re-counted, re-counted, and each time, have found to be in a tie, a dead heat, between the Republican and the Democratic Presidential nominees.

Wisconsin has simply been used randomly, it could be any state.

Is there an individual in the tied state that is designated to break the tie?

How is this issue dealt with constitutionally, in order to name a winner in the Presidential election?  

Please discuss.
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« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2017, 10:21:58 AM »

It would depend on the state. A lot of localities break tied votes with coin flips
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« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2017, 11:01:02 AM »

Also, y'all can make this thread a thousand times, and I'll keep making the same dumb, increasingly out-of-date reference:

Also, my understanding of the law in New Mexico is that in the event of a tie the state's electoral votes are determined by Kevin Costner, and hilarious hijinks ensue as both Presidential candidates attempt to personally woo him for his vote. 
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« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2017, 02:06:37 AM »

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« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2017, 09:14:29 AM »

Femtodeaths? Combining a Danish prefix with an Old English word? Oh, the horror!

Just kidding, I do it all the time. I've probably done it at least a few kilotimes.
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« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2017, 02:31:53 PM »

I really don't know what the law in Wisconsin (or elsewhere) does in the event of ties. For some elections, you get the drawing of lots, coin flipping, even ordering a new election, although for presidential electors who knows.

This was somewhat relevant in Florida in 2000, because there was a state law allowing the legislature to choose which slate of electors would be chosen if the result was in doubt or whatever.

Regardless, if Wisconsins's ten electors were disqualified, say by simply failing to have their electors meet and vote, Congress would just proceed to count the votes regardless and the victory post moved to a new majority of 528 electors, or 265 votes; which in this case, would elect the Republcian.
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