Oh. A recount then.I'm thinking the OP means Bush and Gore getting the exact same number of popular votes in Florida...
For that you'd need to have a slight overall decline in Gore's national performance(but not so large as to lose the PV lead to Bush, else Oregon would be gone as well). But at the same time Gore has to flip Florida- maybe if Jeb Bush isn't the governor of that great grey state; Jeb was fairly popular IIRC which might have given the elder shrub a boost.Hmm... How about no electoral majority? Here's a scenario made by Dave Leip.
There was a discussion on this possibility a year or so ago. I believe that per Florida law, a tie in the vote would lead to the two candidates "drawing lots." So maybe something like drawing straws, or a coin flip. I think the candidates get to agree upon the method.
I like this idea. Maybe something with more action in it; a wrestling match, with the current VP acting as referee (so the position has a purpose). Those are expected to be rigged anyway.It should either be something suitably off kilter, like a fishing competition (conducted on one vessel,) or a situation with fixed parameters, like drawing a five-card poker hand from a standard deck of cards.
Aka, in the case of Bush vs. Gore...I like this idea. Maybe something with more action in it; a wrestling match, with the current VP acting as referee (so the position has a purpose). Those are expected to be rigged anyway.
We've got to amend that. It leaves too much in the air, and could be rigged.
It should either be something suitably off kilter, like a fishing competition (conducted on one vessel,) or a situation with fixed parameters, like drawing a five-card poker hand from a standard deck of cards.
I like this idea. Maybe something with more action in it; a wrestling match, with the current VP acting as referee (so the position has a purpose). Those are expected to be rigged anyway.
Aka, in the case of Bush vs. Gore...
"You hit me! You're disqualified!"
GORE MADE PRESIDENT OF THE USA!
It depends on the state. In Florida, they were to draw lots.
I've played on this where there's a tie on Illinois in a closer 1960. In Illinois, it's decided by a coin flip.![]()
I like this idea. Maybe something with more action in it; a wrestling match, with the current VP acting as referee (so the position has a purpose). Those are expected to be rigged anyway.
When there are so many voters it's indeed ASBish. It's however quite possible to have a tie on local elections and therefore it would be reasonable to have a generic legal mechanism to deal with that eventuality for every election...I believe theres an XKCD What If? that said this was about as likely as it raining cocaine bails in the middle of a hurricane in the middle of a meteorite shower. So yeah an exactly tied election is kind of ASB, and even then for most of the states where this would be happening they decide by literally flipping a coin in the case of a tie.
When there are so many voters it's indeed ASBish. It's however quite possible to have a tie on local elections and therefore it would be reasonable to have a generic legal mechanism to deal with that eventuality for every election...
QuirkIn my state, seems like they draw for high card from a new deck of cards.
And if that provides a tie, I say make a runoff with the top two voted candidates. And even if they're the only two that ran in the first place, the enticement of being a runoff to decide a tie will attract new voters... Either way it'll trim the chances of a new tie.A mayor quits mid term in a city of 1500 people, and 114 voters show up to vote.