Boxer stated that her objection was meant to highlight “significant disenfranchisement of voters” in Ohio. Bush’s win in Ohio due to voting irregularities. Barbara Boxer joined a few House Democrats challenging George W. The House would then choose the next president based on an unusual voting system specified in Article II of the Constitution.Ĭhallenges have happened before, albeit rarely, but an election result has never been overturned. To overturn an election result, Congress would have to disqualify enough electoral votes to deprive one candidate of the 270 votes needed to win. A majority in each house must vote to uphold. Congress is legally obliged to defer to those state decisions.Įven conclusive results can be challenged, though.Īccording to the Electoral Count Act, if both a member of the House and a member of the Senate agree that an objection has merit, the House and the Senate must reconvene separately and deliberate for no more than two hours before voting to uphold or reject that objection. Joe Biden won 306 electoral votes, surpassing the 270 votes needed to become president-elect, and Donald Trump won 232. In 2020, every state certified its election results before the Dec. That means their results will be considered “conclusive” when Congress convenes to certify the vote on Jan. As long as they do so, certifying their election results no later than six days before the Electoral College meets to cast its votes, then states will enjoy “safe harbor” protection. It puts the onus for resolving electoral disputes on the states. To minimize the likelihood that they would ever again decide the outcome of a presidential election, lawmakers in 1887 passed the Electoral Count Act.
Hayes.”Ĭongress was chastened, too, by the prolonged electoral dispute.
The proceedings left a cloud over Hayes, who got the sobriquet “ Rutherfraud B. The nominally bipartisan commission, comprised of five senators, five House representatives and five Supreme Court justices, awarded the disputed electors to Hayes, allowing him to narrowly prevail in the Electoral College by 185 to 184 electoral votes. From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. The Electoral Commission of 1877 holds a secret session by candlelight in Washington, D.C., to decide the 1876 presidential election.
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