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2023-01-06 02:29:37 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C9A0D16730CF7DCE2872F7AA0E5C2D9876A8660B3B2150BE2CAD86F95D46093E
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To be elected Speaker, a candidate needs a majority of the votes cast. That number is usually 218 votes, not 213. If enough anti-McCarthy Representatives change their vote to “present,” the threshold could go down to 213, but in the first six votes, none of them have done so. https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/15/politics/house-speaker-elections-what-matters/index.html
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