Article XII

When a third-party candidate prevents both the Democrat and Republican from earning the 270 electoral votes required to win the presidential election, it looks like the House of Representatives will have to elect a president for the first time since 1825. A powerful business magnate, not wanting this contingent election to take place, sparks a spate of bribery, blackmail, abduction, and attempted murder in order to sway at least two electors to vote against their pledged candidate when the Electoral College meets.
This all too possible drama shows exactly what might happen when the design flaws of the Electoral College finally expose themselves. The characters in Article XII experience conflict between their supposed core values and their self-interest. Some look the other way, facilitating evil. Some have their consciences invoked by what they learn. Some follow orders while others wind up making new rules.