Heretic

Don't remember which constitutional amendment it is, but the rationale was why have competators and, plausibly, still hostile candidates working together one over the other.

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Dianekkdi

This amendment?:
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Amendment XII

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. 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. "

I didn't read that rationale in there.

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Heretic

I think so [having double checked a U.S. history text from college]. The process for picking a vice president is obviously a little different now from what the amendment reads. I think it's meant for cases of a deadlock between candidates.

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Dianekkdi

I'm curious. What's your text?

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Heretic

The Brief American Pageant [third edition, 1993], David M. Kennedy, Thomas A. Bailey, Mel Piehl

It has the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constituion and The Bill of Rights with the year amendments were included. It also lists the presidential election candidates, electoral college results and popular votes

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PursuitOfHappinessParty

Jefferson's abuse of the VP in relation to Adams is a perfect example of this.

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Heretic

Worse than that Jefferson got delegates to withhold their votes though they leaned toward Adams. He could've been our first president rather than the second. Though, I doubt he would've handled the ballance between England and France with the sense Washington used to stay out from between them.

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Dianekkdi

This bit of history sounds very interesting. Thank you. I look forward to reading more about it.

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