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The rules governing the electors of the President and Vice President are in Section 1 of Article II and in the 12th Amendment.
the Electoral College
The electoral college is described in Article II, Section 1 and in the Twelfth Amendment of the US Constitution.The electoral college is described in Article II, Section 1 and in the Twelfth Amendment of the US Constitution.
The constitutional authority for the Electoral College is established in Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution. This section outlines the process for electing the President and Vice President, granting states the power to appoint electors based on their congressional representation. Additionally, the Twelfth Amendment, ratified in 1804, further refined the electoral process, specifying separate ballots for President and Vice President.
Article II, section II All of Article II defines the parameters of the Presidency. However, section II enumerates the powers and responsibilities of the President. See related links.
The article that specifies that the president is not to be elected directly by the people in the United States is Article II of the Constitution. Specifically, Section 1, Clause 2 lays out the Electoral College system, which establishes that the president is chosen by electors rather than by a direct popular vote.
If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the Twelfth Amendment of the United States Constitution provides that the U.S. House of Representatives will select the president, with each of the fifty state delegations casting one vote, and the U.S. Senate will select the vice-president.
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The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution - prescribing electors cast separate ballots for president and vice president - replaced the system outlined in Article II, Section 1, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
in the U. S. Constitution: Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 and the 12th Amendment
Article II of the United States Constitution states that "Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector."
Electoral votes in the Electoral College determine the President of the United States. In 1803 Congress proposed the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution - prescribing electors cast separate ballots for president and vice president - to replace the system outlined in Article II, Section 1, Clause 3. By June 1804, the states had ratified the amendment in time for the 1804 election.