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Related: About this forumWhat would happen...exact same votes?
What would happen if there were the exact same number of votes in a state for each candidate?
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What would happen...exact same votes? (Original Post)
Smuckies
Nov 2012
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Hestia
(3,818 posts)1. It will be decided by a mud wrestling contest. The winner will be so proud.
Archaic
(273 posts)2. A hell of a lot of lawyers yelling for recounts. n/t
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)4. Recounts, lawsuits, media frenzy... n/t
Bucky
(54,087 posts)5. I think Kevin Costner made a movie about that. Hyjinx ensue, as I recall.
Or we revert to English Common Law in which "Ye Manne who hathe ye larjest Cocke shall bee declaired ye winnar."
My God, I just hope President Obama got that penis pump I sent him for Christmas last year. You know what they say about Mormons...
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)6. Depends on the state. That's not dictated by federal law.