Israel will hold unprecedented second election after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fails to form

[TomSlick]

18. I know the answer to that one.

First, remember that the vote that counts is the vote by the electoral college. Not all states require the electors to vote as their state did.

First, there really doesn't have to be a tie to cause the move to Plan B. A winning candidate must have a majority of the electoral college - 270 votes. In the unlikely event a third party candidate secured enough electoral votes to deny both major party candidates a majority, we go to Plan B.

No, the third and lower places candidates cannot give away their votes. In the unlikely event a third party candidate had any electors pledged to him/her, s/he could ask those electors to vote for one of the two leading candidates - but - some states forbid electors to vote contrary to their state vote (I personally question the constitutionality of such laws) and an unbound elector could refuse the request.

However, in the event of tied vote by the electors, the House of Representatives decides the election. Unfortunately, in that vote, each Congressional delegation gets one vote - so that North Dakota has the same vote as California.