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BzaDem

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14. They can't pick whoever they want. They must pick one of the top three EC vote getters.

Reply to trotsky (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 10, 2016, 02:23 AM

Dec 2016

Furthermore, even if Pence is somehow the third highest EC vote getter, that would be a problem for the VP selection. The Senate would be required to pick from the top two vote getters in the EC for VP. If Pence was President, they would be forced to pick Kaine as VP, which would essentially give Democrats an extra vote in the Senate.

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