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.
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.
Electoral College
Not necessarily. The twentieth amendment states that the process of electing a president will be through popular vote of citizens of the United States. In a way, the citizens of the United States are the electoral college.
The 12th Amendment provides the procedure for electing the President and the Vice President. Basically, it modified the process so that these positions are now elected by the Electoral College.
electoral college
This group is called the electoral college; its members are called electors and the votes it casts are called electoral votes.
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.
Electoral College
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 Amendment reorganized the system for electing the US President.
Not necessarily. The twentieth amendment states that the process of electing a president will be through popular vote of citizens of the United States. In a way, the citizens of the United States are the electoral college.
The 12th Amendment provides the procedure for electing the President and the Vice President. Basically, it modified the process so that these positions are now elected by the Electoral College.
The electoral college
_____ Members of the Electoral College, called electors, will vote for one person as president and for another as vice-president.
The president is chosen by an electoral college.
If there is not a majority for one candidate in the Electoral College. See the Twelfth Amendment.
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 Electoral College wrote two names on the ballot.