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No, however the electoral college has the honor to select the president and the vice president
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The Electoral College
The electoral college selects the president and the vice president, lucky them. :)
electoral college
the electoral college works like this the convention delegates settled on a system in which each state legislature would choose a number of electors. The electoral college would select the president and vice president.
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Article II of the United States Constitution describes the U.S. electoral vote system that is used to select the President of the United States.
fear of placing too much power in the hands of the people.
If there is no clear winner in hte electoral college, the House of Representatives elects the president by simple majority 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.
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.