So, it actually gets even more arcane than that. If enough elections are refused, Congress elects the president in a ballot by state caucuses. So, for example, all Representatives and Senators for Arizona would vote among themselves to see who Arizona votes for.
This is all contingent on actual representation. If we had continued the ratio of representation from the 1790’s we’d have ~10,000 representatives. Even at half that we’d have far more independence from party discipline.
Everything that’s happening now is the result of self inflicted wounds from the 1900’s. In this specific case Congress limited the size of the House of Representatives in the period between the world wars. Their official reason was because it would be hard to fit more representatives in the Capitol building. Like there wasn’t (and isn’t) a way to cast votes without being in the same building…
So, it actually gets even more arcane than that. If enough elections are refused, Congress elects the president in a ballot by state caucuses. So, for example, all Representatives and Senators for Arizona would vote among themselves to see who Arizona votes for.
This is all contingent on actual representation. If we had continued the ratio of representation from the 1790’s we’d have ~10,000 representatives. Even at half that we’d have far more independence from party discipline.
Everything that’s happening now is the result of self inflicted wounds from the 1900’s. In this specific case Congress limited the size of the House of Representatives in the period between the world wars. Their official reason was because it would be hard to fit more representatives in the Capitol building. Like there wasn’t (and isn’t) a way to cast votes without being in the same building…