The Twelfth Amendment (Amendment XII) to the United States Constitution provides the procedure for electing the president and vice president. It replaced the procedure provided in Article II, Section 1, Clause 3, by which the Electoral College originally functioned. The amendment was proposed by the Congress on December 9, 1803, and was ratified by the requisite three-fourths of state legislatures on June 15, 1804. The new rules took effect for the 1804 presidential election and have governed all subsequent presidential elections.
Under the original rules of the Constitution, each member of the Electoral College cast two electoral votes, with no distinction made between electoral votes for president and electoral votes for vice president. The presidential candidate receiving the greatest number of votes—provided that number at least equaled a majority of the electors—was elected president, while the presidential candidate receiving the second-most votes was elected vice president. In cases where no individual won a vote from a majority of the electors, as well as in cases where multiple individuals won votes from a majority of electors but tied each other for the most votes, the House of Representatives would hold a contingent election to select the president. In cases where multiple candidates tied for the second-most votes, the Senate would hold a contingent election to select the vice president. The first four presidential elections were conducted under these rules.
The experiences of the 1796 and 1800 presidential elections – showing that the original system caused the election of a President and Vice-President who were political opponents of each other, constantly acting at cross-purposes – spurred legislators
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He was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, but he never did. Christopher Columbus made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean but the routes were later used to <span>explore and colonize the Americas. That is all I know.</span>
The message from SS Grupenfuhrer would change the business life of the Jews and affect their business prosperity in Germany. That because it was given to address the action the state police should take against the Jews. For example, all businesses establishment of the Jews including their houses should be destroyed but not to be lotted; the police were in charge of supervising the execution and incase of looting they needed to arrest the looters as well as safeguarding the non-Jewish business at all costs. the message also required that all Jews as many as the jail could hold needed to be arrested in all districts
Charles Martel was the Frankish ruler where he defeated the Islamic Umayyads and saved Europe
