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Which amendment member of the electoral college called electors will vote for one person as president and for another as vice persident?
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Electoral college is in what article of the constitution?
The rules governing the electors of the President and Vice President are in Section 1 of Article II and in the 12th Amendment.
How did the twelfth amendment change the way the president is chosen when no candidate earns the majority electoral votes?
Prior to adoption of the Twelfth Amendment of the United States Constitution, electors cast votes for two persons. Electors could not distinguish between their presidential and vice-presidential choices. The recipient of the most electoral votes would become president and the runner-up 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. 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.
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.
How many electors are there?
there are 538 Electors in the electoral college and the candidate running for president needs 270 electoral vote to win
What does amendment 23 say?
Amendment 23 says that U.S. citizens in the District of Columbia can vote for the Electors who formally vote for President and Vice President. Before Amendment 23 was passed, those who lived in Washington, D.C. could not cast votes for these Electors. Today, the District of Columbia gets three electoral votes.
What do electors of the electoral college vote on?
Electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College determine the President and Vice President of the United States.
Who was the group of electors that chose the vice president and president?
electoral college
What is a group of electors from each state who votes for president?
Long question, short answer: the Electoral College.
The District of Colombia got these with Amendment twenty three?
Amendment 23 of the US Constitution provides for the electoral votes for the District of Columbia. Since this is technically not a state up to this point there were no electoral votes allowed from the District of Columbia for the election of a president and vice president.
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
Electors are elected by popular vote but the president is elected by?
Electors are elected by popular vote but the president is elected by the electoral college. A president candidate can win the popular vote and still not win if he doesn't win the electoral college.
What is the term for representative officials who pledge to vite for a specific candiate in their states electoral college?
They are called electors and as a group they form the electoral college.
