I'm not talking about the swearing in itself but sometime later.

There are various ways to interpret the Constitution and each one has a scenario where the result looks bad. Literally following the text at times is bad but not doing so because it's a violation of the spirit can be problematic too.

The episode made three the magic number — she simply could not win if it was three or more. Bill Erikson long before the vote raised it as a big "f" Meyer move. But, why was three so special?

the full Congress under the 25A would vote to confirm in that case. Hard to see who can sue to stop it but if she cast a tie-breaker vote, someone affected by the result might have standing! Ditto if she did anything that only a "veep" could do.

The recount was intended to win Nevada outright so that there wouldn't be a tie. That shouldn't have delayed the final electoral count in January. Jonah's election also doesn't change the timing as such. Elsewhere, someone actually found NH election law regarding vacancies and the show seems to be loyal to it.

Since neither vice presidential candidate got a majority, the Senate votes to determine who becomes vice president. 12th Amendment. So, Tom James would win as Vice President. He merely would "act" as President if no one is chosen for that job. The show made it a bit confusing.

Doyle and Meyer's term ends at noon on January 20th.

The legal blog PrawfsBlawg discussed the episode.

Point taken.

That's an interesting loophole regarding the case where NO ONE was elected President. I agree with the last part but then who knows, I guess, it's a matter of will.

Marjorie looks cute first thing in the morning.

Looking … Marine 1 comes up as a helicopter that looks smaller inside than it looked in that episode but if that's the deal, I bow to your knowledge.

Isn't called any number of things and other people get more time.

Idea: Richard was worried about Jonah voting for himself & Jonah did flub voting the first time. A clip from next episode shows him having trouble swearing-in, holding up the wrong hand. How about him flubbing the deciding vote for Selina Meyer and it results in a tie?

Yeah, reference to her wedding — now and then, passing reference or comment.

That's interesting but parental incest would still be hard to do by "accident."

Sue gets so little screen-time, she isn't even mentioned here.

Andrew v. Selina? Selina. Andrew is creepy. Selina is really screwed up, but deep down, there is something there. Catherine's "I'm sorry" on Air Force 1 [or Marine 1] was good.

things I learned: apparently there is accidental incest in Iceland

The "unless her state is evenly divided without her" is the whole point. So, it would matter. And, it's quite possible they will vote for party but what if the person's district strongly voted for the other person? Or, as in one case, they might be bribed with a Secretary of State job?