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The Twelfth Amendment requires the Senate to choose between the candidates with the "two highest numbers" of electoral votes. If multiple individuals are tied for second place, the Senate may consider them all. The Twelfth Amendment introduced a quorum requirement of two-thirds of the whole number of senators for the conduct of balloting.
That means the total number of "electors appointed" – the language of the 12th Amendment – is 454. This reading of the 12th Amendment has also been advanced by Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe. A "majority of the electors appointed" would therefore be 228. There are at this point 232 votes for Trump, 222 votes for Biden.
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The Amendment outlines how presidential electors in the electoral college cast ballots for the presidential ticket. A Harris-Newsom presidential ticket? There’s one big legal hurdle: The 12th ...
There’s just one problem for a potential Vice President Newsom: the 12th Amendment. The amendment outlines how presidential electors in the Electoral College cast ballots for the presidential ...
The first ten amendments were ratified in December 1791. The Eleventh Amendment was ratified in 1795 and the Twelfth in 1804. Amendment XII is about the election of president and vice president (VP).
The Twelfth Amendment requires a "majority of the whole number" of senators (currently 51 out of 100) to elect the vice president in a contingent election. In practical terms, this means that an absence or an abstention from voting is tantamount to a negative vote and could impair the election of either candidate. [ 7 ]
3 Electoral College under Amendment XII. 3 comments. 4 Potential for constitutional crisis under the Twelfth Amendment. 4 comments. 5 Text. 2 comments. 6 Current ending.