U.S. Constitution: Twelfth Amendment

Twelfth Amendment - Election of President

  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, 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.--The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.

» Areas of Practice

15-Passenger Van Rollover Accufuser Plus Pain Pump Acquired Brain Injury Airplane Accidents Auto Accidents Avandia Bard FDA Info Bard Hernia Patch Bard Press Release Birth Injury Brachial Plexus Brain Damage Bus Accidents California Lawyers Cancer Misdiagnosis Car Accident Attorney Car Accidents Causes of Cerebral Palsy Cerebral Palsy Cerebral Palsy Lawyers Cerebral Palsy Treatment Complete MoisturePlus Contact Lens Solution Recall Construction Accident Attorney Construction Accidents Davol Bard Composix Kugel Mesh Patch Defective Product Defense Contractor Fraud Dog Bite Donjoy Pain Control Device Donjoy Shoulder Pain Pump Elder Abuse Energy Contractor Fraud Erbs Palsy False Claims Act False Claims Act Whistleblower FDA Press Release - Ketek Gadolinium Kidney Problems Gadolinium NFS Gadolinium Side Effects Government Contractor Fraud

Governmental Whistleblower Head Injury I-Flow Pain Pump IT Overtime Investigation Ketek Drug Recall Kickbacks Loss of Smell/Taste Magnevist Massachusetts Lawyers Medical Malpractice Medicare Biller Unbundling Medicare Billing Fraud Medicare Double Billing Mesothelioma Mesothelioma Diagnosis Mesothelioma Lawyer Mesothelioma Risk Factors Mesothelioma Symptoms Motorcycle Accident MRI Lawsuits MultiHance Negligent Security Cases Nephrogenic Fibrosing Dermopathy Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis Class Action Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis Lawsuits Nursing Home Abuse Omniscan On-Q Painbuster OptiMARK Osha Whistleblower Pain Pump Pain Pump Arthritis Pain Pump Shoulder Cartilage Paralysis Paraplegia Permax Personal Injury Personal Injury Lawyer Product Liability Provigil Off-label Use Quadriplegia

Qui Tam Railroad Accident Lawyer Railroad Accidents ReNu Contact Lens Alert Risk Factors of CP Shipbuilding Fraud Shoulder Chondrolysis Shoulder Pain Pump2 Slip and Fall Spinal Cord Injury Stock Market Fraud Styker Pain Pump Swimming Pool Accident Train Accident Train Accident Death Trasylol Lawyers Treatment of Mesothelioma Truck Accident Truck Accident Lawyers Truck Accident Stats Unpaid Overtime Upcoding Variable Annuities Wage & Labor Welding Rods Injury What Are the Different Types of TBI? What is Mesothelioma? What is Traumatic Brain Injury? Whistleblower Whistleblower Attorney Work Injury Claim Workplace Accidents Wrongful Death Wrongful Death Lawyer Yield Burning Zicam Zicam Cold Remedy Zicam Lawsuits Zicam Nasal Gel Zicam Nasal Swabs Zicam: FDA actions

» Personal Injury Settlements

Car Accident Laws and Motor Vehicle Regulations Contact State Representatives Contact State Senators Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Federal Rules of Evidence Government Health Links

Medical Resources Official State Government Sites Personal Injury Law: A Claimants Guide Personal Injury Resources State Attorney General's Office

State Bar Association States Office of the Governor U.S. Constitution US Supreme Court Cases Zelnorm