[OC] The U.S. House of Representatives elected the Speaker of the House after 15 ballots. 1859 was the last year to require more than 15 ballots.crepuscularmutiny t1_j40vro2 wrote
Reply to comment by toototabonappetit in [OC] The U.S. House of Representatives elected the Speaker of the House after 15 ballots. 1859 was the last year to require more than 15 ballots. by JPAnalyst
A ballot is another word for a vote, specifically its the piece of paper you wrote it on, though it's not literal since these votes are electronic. A simple majority was all that was needed, but Democrats voted uniformly for their own candidate and republicans had enough republican rebels against their most popular candidate that they couldn't secure a simple majority of votes.
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