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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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lilypadfrog
12:55
@atwatodbit: 哈哈哈我只是个傻女孩
cumsock
12:55
me in this cycle
12:56
UPenn pull thru 🙏
12:56
I think they’re done tho
atwatodbit
12:56
people are still posting, i think they are still going
atwatodbit
12:56
reddit post in last minute saying just got the call
Trismegistus
12:56
damn went from HLS II last cycle to this
atwatodbit
12:56
@sadpadresfan: FWIW your stats are far better than mine
GreyCeaselessMammoth
12:56
need penn to drop ed 2 so all the people bound by that withdraw from schools that i want to go to
lilypadfrog
12:57
我没有决定
atwatodbit
12:57
加油,等一會人一定會開始收好新聞
12:57
@atwatodbit: haha I feel like this cycle its not rlly all ab stats tho
atwatodbit
12:59
@sadpadresfan: for sure, but you're certainly as strong as me though. Hold on whether its later today or weeks from now. Plus you got da berk A, I am jealous
lilypadfrog
12:59
每个人都说“你的考试成绩这么好,你会得到很好的决定”,但我没有!
texaslawhopefully
12:59
oof I think I'm going to miss the penn wave
texaslawhopefully
12:59
are they still calling
Trismegistus
12:59
hey tex me too lmfao
choosingpeace
12:59
@texaslawhopefully: me too yayyy
lilypadfrog
12:59
we did it reddit
13:00
@atwatodbit: haha ty wishing you the best as well
cumsock
13:00
careful! i graduated from reddit university
13:00
@texaslawhopefully: another day another missed wave??
lilypadfrog
13:01
what if I started using redditisms
lilypadfrog
13:01
thank you kind stranger for the gold
Trismegistus
13:01
do all my hopes and dreams and sanity rest on chicago now
texaslawhopefully
13:01
@sadpadresfan: prolly. My only hope is my last name is towards the end of the alphabet
lilypadfrog
13:01
i hope u guys would put me down like a dog that bit a baby
Trismegistus
13:02
@texaslawhopefully: i saw 3/4 down alphabet then 30- mins later 1/2 down alphabet
texaslawhopefully
13:02
so they're still calling?
Trismegistus
13:03
that i dont know
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