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What amendment to the constitution changed the way we elect the president?
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∙ 13y ago
The amendment that changed the procedure for election of the President, but more especially the Vice President, was the 12th Amendment, ratified in 1804. Previously, the House of Representatives was involved in the electoral process, and the Vice President was the candidate receiving the second-highest number of electoral votes. The procedures in this amendment are essentially the same as are currently used.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 15y agoThe Twelfth Amendment distinguished for the first time between Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates, giving each elector one vote for each office. Previousaly each elector voted for two Presidential candidates, with the runner-up for President becoming the Vice-President. This had produced unsatisfactoryu results in 1796, when President and Vice-President (J Adams and Jefferson) were of opposing parties, and in 1800 when Jefferson and his Vice-Presidential running-mate, Aaron Burr, received equal votes, resulting iun a bitter struggle in the House of Representatives.
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∙ 11y agoThe 12th amendment made an important change in the way the president and vice-president are elected.
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∙ 13y agoThe seventeenth :)
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∙ 13y ago12th amendment
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∙ 9y ago12th amendment
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∙ 7y agoAmendment 12 .
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∙ 13y agoThe Twelfth
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The amendment that changed the way you elect a president?
Amendment #12
Which amendment makes it possible that a presidential candidate can lose the popular vote but still win the electoral vote?
This phenomenon is not due to any amendment. Amendment 12 changed the procedure for electing the President, but did not actually change the indirect way the President is elected. Popular vote is not mentioned in the Constitution and does not elect directly elect the President and such is the plan in the body of the Constitution.
Which amendment spells out who becomes president-elect in the event of the death of a president-elect?
There are three sections in the Constitution that specify the line of succession. First is Article II, Section 1, where it says that the Vice President is next in line. The second is in the 20th Amendment, Section 3, which says that if the President-elect dies before taking office, then the VP-elect gets inaugurated. The third is in the 25th Amendment, which clarified Article II, explicitly stating that if the President can no longer serve, that the VP becomes President.
According to the twentieth amendment if the president-elect dies before the beginning of hisher term who becomes president?
The Vice-President elect.
Why do you not elect a president by popular vote?
Because the President is elected based on Electoral votes. The US Constitution spells out the process for electing the President. Congress has never changed the way we do it.
When does the house of represenatives elect the president of the US?
Since ratification of the 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, it is only when nobody receives votes for president from more than half of the appointed electors.
Constitutional system to elect the president?
Electoral Collage... this system established by the Constitution to elect the president.
How did the seventeenth amendment change the election process?
Prior to the 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913 a Senator was elected by their home state's house of representatives. The 17th Amendment changed this process making Senators directly electable by the people.
Who becomes president if president-elect dies?
US Constitution, Amendment XX, Section 3. If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President....
When is a newly elected president sworn in?
The President-Elect and Vice-President-Elect, or the reelected President and Vice President, are sworn in on Inauguration Day, the 20th of January following the election, at noon Eastern Standard Time (1700 UTC). Inauguration Day was changed from 4 March to 20 January in 1933 with the ratification of the 20th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution. The first time Inauguration Day was 20 January was the second inaugurations of both President Franklin Roosevelt and Vice President Garner in 1937.
Nickname for 20th amendment?
Answer 1Commencement of Terms; Sessions of Congress; Death or disqualification of president- elect.Answer 2The Twentieth Amendment (Amendment XX) to the United States Constitution establishes the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal officials. It also deals with scenarios in which there is no President-elect. The Twentieth Amendment was ratified on January 23, 1933.
Why did the framers give the house the power to elect the next president if no candidates receive a majority vote?
The framers gave the House of Representatives the power to elect the next president in the case that none of the candidates received a clear majority. They did this because the House, also called the lower house, was elected directly by the people. This meant the congressmen represented the current public opinion. Initially, the Constitution specified that state legislatures would elect the upper house (the Senate) and this was only changed in 1913 with the adoption of the 17th Amendment.
