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The 17th amendment says that senators have to be elected by the people, instead of appointed by the government. A candidate must win the popular vote.
The 20th amendment made this change.
The Twelfth Amendment
An amendment was added to spell out how presidential succession should be handled to prevent conflict and confusion if a president died in office. It was intended to make the succession go smoothly instead of becoming contentious.
The 12th amendment
The 12th constitutional amendment changed the procedure for electing the president and vice president. Members of the Electoral College became required to cast a vote for both president and vice president instead of two votes for president.
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No, each party's nominee for US President selects the party's nominee for Vice President, subject to the approval of the party. The election of 1796 was the only US presidential election in which the presidential candidate of the opposing political party won the vice presidency instead of the winning presidential candidate's party's choice for running mate. The 12th Amendment to the US Constitution, ratified in 1804, ensures that people of opposing political parties can no longer become President and Vice President in that way, but the likelihood of candidates of opposing parties being elected President and Vice President at the same time still exists for cases in which no presidential or vice presidential candidate receives enough electoral votes while the US House and Senate are controlled by opposing parties.
There was no popular vote in the election of 1789. Instead, the electoral college chose from a group of candidates. Each college member cast two votes with the candidate receiving the most votes becoming president and the runner-up becoming vice-president. George Washington was elected unanimously receiving all sixty-nine electoral votes. John Adams came in second and became the first Vice-President.Source: americanhistory.about.com
Barack Obama is a citizen of only the United States, and has never held another citizenship instead or in addition to United States citizenship.Theoretically if a presidential candidate were elected who is not qualified technically to take office, the vice presidential candidate would be sworn in as president instead. However, this situation does not apply to Mr. Obama, since he is in fact a native-born American.
James K. Polk is the only president who was once the Speaker of the House before becoming President of the United States. A common misconception is that President Gerald Fordwas once the Speaker of House. He was not and, instead, was once the House Minority Leader.
First of all, the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America was never "passed." Instead, the Second Amendment, as well as the nine other Amendments that comprise the Bill of Rights, was ratified by the required three fourths of the state legislatures in 1791. George Washington served as our first President from 1789 through 1797. Therefore, George Washington was the President when the Second Amendment was ratified. To read a transcript of the Bill of Rights, use the hotlink to the website of the National Archives, under Related Links, below.