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Twelfth amendment to the construction?
The twelfth amendment of the Constitution is to provided the procedure of electing the President and Vice President.
When was the 12th Amendment ratified?
The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides the procedure by which the President and Vice President are elected. It replaced Article 2, Section 1, Clause 3, which provided the original procedure by which the Electoral College functioned. Problems with this procedure were demonstrated in the elections of 1796 and 1800. The Twelfth Amendment was proposed by the Congress on December 9, 1803 and was ratified by the requisite number of state legislatures on June 15, 1804
Which amendment keeps us from having a President from one party and a Vice President from another party?
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What was the purpose of passing the twelfth Amendment?
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.
Article II of the Constitution outlines how the President and Vice President are chosen?
The process of choosing President and Vice-President is in the Twelfth Amendment now. However as far as "in the Constitution" goes, the process is found in Article II.
