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The 12th amendment lays down the rules for elections. It sates that the people will vote in their respective states for the President of their choice and that the President of the Senate will count all the votes in front of the Senate and House of Representatives. The person having the most votes will be elected as Vice-President or President. If the people fail to come to an agreement about the President, then the House of Representatives will vote. If the Vice-President cannot be chosen, then the Senate will vote.
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What amendment Reinforces the creation of the electoral college?
the 12th Amendment
Of the following amendment which one established that the president and vice president are to chosen separately in electoral voting?
12th amendment
Which constitutional amendment specifies the separate election of the president and vice president by the electoral college?
The 12th Amendment reorganized the system for electing the US President.
Which amendment affected the office of president?
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.
Why was this process changed by 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
What establishes that the president and vice president are to be chosen separately in electoral voting?
12th Amendment.
What amendment separated voting for president and vice president in the electoral college?
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.
What political race was tied in the electoral college?
There has only been one 'tie' in the electoral college: 1800 - Thomas Jefferson VS Aaron Burr. This tie lead to a constitutional amendment, the 12th amendment.
What was the cause of the 12th amendment?
The election process right off was clumsy and didn't work well. It began with the 1796 election and got worse by 1800, so in 1803 congress began to work out another method. This became the electoral college and in1804 the 12th amendment was passed.
What amendment passed as a result of the tie?
The 12th amendment was added as a result of the tie in the electoral college between Thomas Jefferson and his running mate Aaron Burr in 1800.
The 12th amendment allowed the president and vice president to run together before?
The Electoral College wrote two names on the ballot.
Which amendment changed the system where Vice-presidents were originally the presidential candidates receiving the second largest number of electoral votes?
12th
