Political Science - How many electoral votes are needed to elect a President

Political Science

Here is the open-book exercise that will complete your course work.   Each question can be answered in three sentences or less.  Some of you  had trouble with Canvas on the midterm; feel free to submit this on the  regular ccsf message platform.   If you do use Canvas, avoid attachments...my computer has trouble  accessing them.  

1.  How many electoral votes are needed to elect a President?   How  is that number determined?  What happens if no candidate reaches that  number?

2. The House uses the Rules Committee to set the rules of debate for a  bill before the whole House.  What does the Senate use (instead of a  powerful Rules Committee ) to establish the rules of debate?

3. Why was the Marbury v. Madison decision so important for the U.S. Supreme Court?