Breaking Exclusive: President Trump Tells Gen. Flynn He Would Serve as House Speaker
(www.westernjournal.com)
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The speaker is elected by a majority of members voting “for a person by name.”
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/what-happens-if-some-house-members-start-voting-present/
There are currently 434 active Members of the House, 218 is a majority, if all members vote for someone by name.
If only 425 vote for a person by name and 9 do not vote at all or do not vote by name, meaning they vote present, 214 is a majority. That’s why the six remaining Republican holdouts continue to vote for someone by name, to not reduce the threshold.