![12th Amendment To The Constitution Presidential elections *** The Electors shall meet in their 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 the 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 of 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 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 ***.](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_t6xes8WzE316rzsW8HXlk2POECJXJpdQ7xi-M1q295oOV-9AUdZTuY0JMrqxoC_Ukit0bC3etEB_E-w89_C-P5OYmaPPJpSUQOGBoTcWX9HxeTPu9T6VR5UBNS9ltQN-MA77WguU2vnLSV5mRmIoM7uQk=s0-d)
Now here's a chunk of words for you. This amendment made the electoral college simpler in order to help keep ties from happening when choosing the president. It lowered the number of electoral votes per elector to one each, and also made them vote for both a president and vice president at the same time. Prior to this, the vice president was the one who received the second most votes.
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Wow is all I have to say. I didn't realize that Cheney had come from the same state as George W. Bush, which the twelfth amendment prohibits, nor did I realize he had registered to vote in wyoming as an attempt to get around the constitution. Of course, I'd have to look into this a little further myself, as sources must be confirmed as legitimate, etc, but if this is true it shows how much the people of america have forgotten when it comes to the constitution. I certainly didn't pay any attention at the time.
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Michael Bloomberg vs. The Twelfth Amendment
This was a long article, so forgive me for not posting the whole thing. Basically, the article talks about how Michael Bloomberg would have trouble getting a majority of votes in the electoral college (which it points out would be his best case scenario, hoping to have the vote go to the house). It also points out that if he did get considered, he probably would not be one of the top two vote getters, and therefore his vice presidential candidate would not be considered. Man, politics is confusing sometimes.
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