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Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, Dec. 18, 1959 Your Rugged Constitution (Adopted in 1804) "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 distinet 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 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." Amendment 12 changes Article 2, Section 1, Clause 3. This amendment makes members of the Electoral College vote for a President and a Vice-President on separate ballots. The amendment became necessary after the election of 1800. By that time political parties had begun to select candidates.

All electors of the Democratic-Republican party voted for Thomas Jefferson 1 and Aaron Burr. This made a tie vote when the ballots were counted. Most of these electors wanted Jefferson for President and Burr for Vice-President. But when the tie vote was sent to the House of Representatives to be broken, the Federalist party very nearly voted to make Burr instead of Jefferson the President, against the wishes of the majority. Because of Amendment 12 and the voting customs that grew up when political parties were formed, all members of the Electoral College now vote for a President and Vice-President exactly as the popular vote demands.

The Constitution did not say what should be done if a President was not chosen by Inauguration Day. Nor did it say that the Vice-President's qualifications should be the same: as the President's. Amendment 12 made these and other points clearer. AMENDMENT 12 You give: Orders that make sure there will be no more tie votes between President and Vice-President. You get: (a) Greater assurance that the voters' choice will become President; (b) protection against a possibile cause of bitter political quarrels.

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