House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has begun rallying Democrats in the event neither President Trump nor Joe Biden outright win the Electoral College, according to a report.
In the event of an Electoral College tie, the House would decide through a process that would allow each of the 50 state delegations one vote - which hasn't happened since 1876, Politico reported Sunday.
In a letter to House Democrats, Pelosi set the stakes for the Nov. 3 election.
"The Constitution says that a candidate must receive a majority of the state delegations to win," Pelosi wrote, according to the report.
Pelosi has been pursuing the issue with her leadership team, and House Democrats said they're aware of the concerns.
"We're trying to win every seat in America, but there are obviously some places where a congressional district is even more important than just getting the member into the US House of Representatives," Rep. Jamie Raskin told Politico.
Trump talked about the possibility of the House deciding the election during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.
https://nypost.com/2020/09/28/pelosi-preparing-house-for-possible-undecided-november-election/
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