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Twelfth Amendment

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A quick definition of Twelfth Amendment:

The Twelfth Amendment is a change to the rules for electing the President and Vice President of the United States. It was added to the Constitution in 1804. Before this amendment, the person who got the most votes became President, and the person who got the second-most votes became Vice President. But the Twelfth Amendment made it so that people vote separately for President and Vice President. This helps make sure that the President and Vice President are from the same political party and can work well together.

A more thorough explanation:

The Twelfth Amendment is a change to the United States Constitution that was ratified in 1804. It changed the way the electoral college system works by separating the voting for presidential and vice-presidential candidates.

Before the Twelfth Amendment, each elector in the electoral college cast two votes for president. The candidate who received the most votes became president, and the runner-up became vice president. This led to some problems, such as when John Adams became president and his opponent, Thomas Jefferson, became his vice president.

The Twelfth Amendment fixed this problem by requiring electors to cast separate votes for president and vice president. This ensures that the president and vice president are from the same political party and have a working relationship.

For example, in the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump and Mike Pence ran as a team for the Republican Party. When the electors in the electoral college cast their votes, they each voted for Trump as president and Pence as vice president. This ensured that both Trump and Pence would be working together in the White House.

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[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
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[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
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got a random stanford email and almost had a heart attack
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[] baddestbunny
22:16
every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
Dkk
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22:32
@Aromatic, Have to guess.
Dkk
22:33
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[] baddestbunny
22:40
I said accosted not assaulted
23:35
guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
1a2b3c4d26z
23:37
Oooooo me too
23:37
omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
23:49
it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
hows ED 2 compared to ED 1?
Dkk
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No idea
windyMagician
0:34
reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
Dkk
2:21
NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
[] baddestbunny
4:29
let’s get after it boys and girls
Dkk
5:21
I gtg to bed soon.
Dkk
5:22
Big day today. Gunna be a crazy one. I will sleep through the first half.
good morning lsd it is 5 am EST
also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
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