The Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution moved the beginning and ending of the terms of the president and vice president from March 4 to January 20, and of members of Congress from Ma
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In the United States, a contingent election is used to elect the president or vice president if no candidate receives a majority in the Electoral College. A presidential contingent election is decided
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…amendment established congressional terms to begin before presidential terms and that the incoming Congress, rather than the outgoing one, would hold a contingent election if the Electoral College deadlocked regarding either the presidential or vice presidential elections. Section 1. The terms of the President and Vice…
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