The United States presidential elections have just happened and voting is still underway. This time the fight between the Republican candidate and current President
Donald Trump and Democrat candidate and former Vice-President Joe Biden, the US is observing a neck-to-neck fight between the two.
As of now, Joe Biden has taken lead over Republic counterpart with 264 electoral votes, while Donald Trump stands behind him at 214. Joe Biden is just 6
electoral votes away to win this election. But what if the results get disputed? Who will rule the United States? Has the electoral college already thought of an alternate figure?
The answer to all the questions is 'yes.' Though, this possibility has only occurred twice in the past, one in 1800 and the other in 1824, when none of the candidates received 270 votes in the Electoral College thus the House electing the President came into play.
Notably, this year, the house is gearing up to take the decision in case of a tie or if the winning candidate ends up with less than 270 votes. However, it is unlikely to happen, if the position of tie occurs in the Electoral College then the House of Representatives will come into play. Since the democrats are in a majority there, chances of 'President Pelosi' making it to the White House for an interim term might not be far away from reality.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told NPR, "We understand what the law is and the preeminence of the role of Congress and specifically the House of Representatives when it comes to counting the votes." Pelosi, who seems to be prepared to decide the fate of the US said that the House is "ready" and "prepared".
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Targeting the serving President Donald Trump, Pelosi said, "We’ve been ready for a while because we see this irresponsibility of the president, his disrespect for the Constitution, for our democracy and for the integrity of our elections. So we’re ready for him."
Pelosi revealed that the House had suspected that Trump would stop the complete counting of votes and when the party made the same known, it facilitated the House in preparing a strong refute.
Trump, on the other hand, showed disappointment on the prospect and said that according to him, the long-time tabulation of ballots is a "terrible thing". Trump also raised suspicion on the authenticity of mail-in ballots as he drew a comparison to physical voting.
Biden, on the other hand, seemed confident and echoed the claims made by the House. Biden's campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillion said, "Under no scenario will Donald Trump be declared a victor on election night."