The Twelfth Amendment
"The Electors shall meet in thier respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate; -- The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted; -- The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such a number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority; then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States."
This amendment explains the exact process of the electoral college and how the president and vice-president shall be chosen. It is pretty self-explanatory and detailed. One interesting point made was the difference of wining by majority versus wining by a plurality where the majority vote could be only 20% of the votes.
I chose this video to explain a little about the electoral college.
I chose this video to shed a little bit of light on America's voting system. Sometimes the electoral vote does not reflect the popular vote. The founding fathers did not want ordinary people to choose the president. I wonder if this was because of the education level, literacy rates, or a lot of other reasons that have improved. The electoral college does seem more stable as compared to just voting by popularity and majority.
This amendment explains the exact process of the electoral college and how the president and vice-president shall be chosen. It is pretty self-explanatory and detailed. One interesting point made was the difference of wining by majority versus wining by a plurality where the majority vote could be only 20% of the votes.
I chose this video to explain a little about the electoral college.
I chose this video to shed a little bit of light on America's voting system. Sometimes the electoral vote does not reflect the popular vote. The founding fathers did not want ordinary people to choose the president. I wonder if this was because of the education level, literacy rates, or a lot of other reasons that have improved. The electoral college does seem more stable as compared to just voting by popularity and majority.
