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From http://www.todd.demon.co.uk/encyc/const4.htm
Amendment (to the American Constitution) 12.1
The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice President, one
of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their
ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice President,
and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice
President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed
to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate; The President
of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates
and the votes shall then be counted; The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall
be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no
person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the
list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the
President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each
state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of
the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of
Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them,
before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice President shall act as President, as in the
case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <../attachments/20001114/0a47c92f/attachment.htm>