{"id":76194,"date":"2024-09-10T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T06:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/0da2ac56af24705d85543119cbb1808c"},"modified":"2024-09-10T06:00:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T06:00:10","slug":"contingent-elections-what-they-are-and-what-to-expect-if-2024-triggers-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/contingent-elections-what-they-are-and-what-to-expect-if-2024-triggers-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Contingent elections: what they are, and what to expect if 2024 triggers one"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The pundits predict the presidential election<\/span> will be close. So should people prepare for contingencies?<\/p>\n There\u2019s truly only one contingency for this scenario. It\u2019s called a contingent election.<\/p>\n What\u2019s that?<\/p>\n Don\u2019t feel badly if you\u2019ve never heard of a contingent election. The term is not even mentioned in the Constitution<\/span>. However, Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution and the 12th Amendment address the process for settling a dispute in the Electoral College where no candidate scores the magic number of 270 electoral votes. Or, if there\u2019s a tie.<\/p>\n REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: WIN OR LOSE, HARRIS MUST ATTEND THE JAN. 6 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CERTIFICATION<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The U.S. has only undergone a contingent election on three occasions: 1801, to elect President Thomas Jefferson. Then in 1825 to pick President John Quincy Adams. Finally in 1837 to elect Vice President Richard Mentor Johnson.<\/p>\n In a contingent election, the House selects the President. The Senate picks the Vice President.<\/p>\n But let\u2019s first explore scenarios for a complicated Electoral College tabulation \u2013 which could trigger a contingent election.<\/p>\n