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Deadlock risks in unlikely three-way electoral vote split
Harvard and government scholars warn that if no candidate wins a majority in November the electors could bargain for favors or swap votes. Possibilities include Carter–Anderson or Kennedy placements, prodding a House runoff, with or without a constitutional amendment, and a protracted four-year deadlock managed by a lame duck Congress. The piece cautions against fear of voting for a third party.
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Washington
UPD
John Anderson
Harvard Law School
Laurence Tribe
Atlantic Monthly Magazine
Tribe
Harvard Law
Thomas Rollins
Anderson
Carter-Anderson
Massachusetts
Edward Kennedy
House of Representatives
Reagan
Senate
House