So if there's a split favoring Reeves in the "electoral college", it's not an automatic Reeves win but voted on by the members of the House per section 141.
I wonder if Mississippi's rules are even legal/constitutional. I've seen it mentioned that they are ripe for a challenge. Given that this convoluted system probably only came into existence to keep African Americans from meaningfully influencing elections, I'd say it would go to the courts if Hood won more votes but it got thrown to the Republican anyway.
That's what I would expect. But I expect that there are still many Republicans in the state legislature who couldn't stomach voting against Hood if he was an apparent winner in an election.
I can see them making up something like "VOTER FRAUD IN HINDS COUNTY AND THE DELTA!!1111!!11" as their reason for voting Reeves in.
Well, the politics became so stupidly ideologized and polarized in US, that any pretext will do. In other situations Democrats would do the same too. BOTH parties are "worthy" of each other now...
"Democrats would do the same" they always say without proof.
Read this, stop being an apologist for fascism:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dont-tell-me-that-both-sides-need-to-do-better/2018/10/29/78eb0d8e-dbb2-11e8-b732-3c72cbf131f2_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f2d546ad76ba
