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After Further Review, It’s Up to Congress

While Article II of the Constitution first spoke to Electoral College ties, the U.S. Congress would proceed according to the 12th Amendment, ratified in 1804, which states that “the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President” and “the Senate shall choose the Vice-President.”

Note that the following process is also used in the event that no candidate wins 270 or more Electoral College votes.

House Selects the New President

So as directed by the 12th Amendment, the 435 – many of them newly elected -- members of the House of Representatives would find as their first official duty to select the next President of the United States.

What If the Presidential Election Is a Tie?

http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/...em/a/electiontie.htm

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