His election was not uncontested, as Washington's had been; in fact, he was elected by a majority of only three, Jefferson receiving 68 electoral votes to his 71.
To remedy this, many of the members, among whom was Hamilton, preferred to let the highest number of electoral votes, whether a majority or not, appoint the President.
The Constitution provided that the man who received the highest number of electoral votes, if the choice of the majority of the electors, should be President.
When the votes were counted in Congress, it was found that Adams had 71 electoral votes, and Jefferson 68; so they became President and Vice President.
In that event the constitution requires the House to choose immediately, by ballot, a President from the persons, not exceeding three, having the highest number of electoral votes.
The Electoral Commission summarily condemned the fraudulent proceedings and gave the threeElectoral votes of Oregon to Hayes and Wheeler.
The forgery cost General Garfield the electoral votes of New Jersey and Nevada and five of the six votes of California.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "electoral votes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
