The Use Of Electors-Clarification Part Nine- Excerpt Five

The Use Of Electors-Clarification Part Nine-Excerpt

Electors must choose by majority both the Governor and Lieutenant Governor. The states' head executives have to receive a mandate in order to be deemed fit to occupy their respective offices. In addition, any choice for these two positions has to meet all proper eligibility requirements.

The odds of numerous electors, from each state delegate/assembly district and state senate district, of achieving a majority in their selection of the state's head executives are minute and remote. If no majority is achieved by any of the candidates, the top four candidates for each of these positions who received the highest number of votes in the first vote count by the electors must runoff against each other in the second vote count by these respective electors in order for one candidate to achieve a majority, provided there were more than four candidates entered in this contest. If no candidate still receives a majority of electors' votes or if only four candidates or less were fielded and still no majority was achieved, the next process must be followed instead.

If still no candidate receives a majority of elector votes, if this occurs in the Governor's race, then the House Of Delegates/Assembly vote for the Governor out of the Top Three vote-getting candidates. The candidate who receives the majority of these lower house votes becomes the Governor-elect. 

If a candidate for Governor still cannot get a majority of state lower house votes, then the elected Vice Governor becomes Governor-Elect. The candidate for Vice-Governor who receives the 2nd highest number of electoral votes becomes the Vice-Governor-Elect.

If a candidate for Vice-Governor is unable to attain a majority of elector votes, a runoff election between the Top Three vote-getting candidates takes place in order for a candidate to attain a majority of elector votes. If no candidate still is not in receipt of a majority elector votes, then the state senate chooses the Vice Governor-Elect out of the Top Two elector-vote recipients in that run-off election.

Cliff Notes Version: Electors must choose by majority both the Governor and Vice-Governor. If they fail, then a second vote count is needed if there were four or more candidates. If still no candidate for Governor is in receipt of the majority of votes by the electors in the second vote count, or if there were four or less candidates for Governor and still no candidate achieved a majority of electors' votes, then the members of the House Of Delegates/Assembly vote for the Governor out of the Top Three vote-getting candidates in the original electors' choosing of the Governor. The candidate who receives the majority of votes becomes the Governor-elect. 

If the House of Delegates/Assembly cannot provide majority support to any candidate for Governor, then the elected Vice-Governor becomes Governor-Elect. The candidate for Vice-Governor who came in second in the tally by its electors becomes the Vice-Governor-Elect. 

If a candidate, out of the Top Four, for Vice-Governor cannot get a majority of elector votes, then the state senate chooses the Vice-Governor-Elect out of the Top Two elector-vote recipients.