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.
changed the way votes were cast for the President and vice president
Changed the process whereby the Electoral College, and if necessary the House of Representatives, chooses the President. It did not change the composition of the Electoral College
The 12th Amendment
A Constitutional amendment to clarify the way votes are cast in the Electoral College was necessary because it was unclear as to which votes were for the president and which votes were for the vice president. This was accomplished through the Twelfth 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.
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.
The 12th Amendment of the Constitution states that electors are to vote separately for the president and vice president, on separate electoral ballots.Before this amendment the electors cast two votes in one election and the second-place finisher was made vice-president. In 1800 Jefferson and his running mate, Aaron Burr, tied in electoral votes, sending the election into the House of Representatives to decide and this event prompted the introduction and ratification of the 12th amendment in time for the 1804 election.The 12th amendment does this. .Before this amendment, ratified in the early 1800s, the person with the most votes became president and the person with the next greatest number of votes became vice president.
lol. i have that same question on my homework: 3. Which amendment did away with the system of voting by electors found in section 1 clause 2? _________________________________________________________
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.
The twelfth amendment to the US Constitution was intended to prevent having a President and Vice President voted in who were at odds with each other. Formerly, the Vice President was the presidential candidate with the second most votes. The amendment made it so that the Vice President was voted for separately and required a majority of the votes.
Before the 12th amendment was ratified, the presidential electors each cast two votes for President and the second place finisher was made the vice-president. Nowadays, separate votes are take for President and vice-president.
The Twelfth Amendment was passed. It changed the way presidents are elected. It was no longer the first place votes would be President and second place would be VP.