One Congress to Rule Them All

Petra: I wish you good health and every blessing.  Thank you for your continued work and prayers for our people and our country. Here is an article about the 12th Amendment of the US Constitution and the upcoming election.  I am sending it, in case it is of interest.

We may see something in November that we have never seen before and it’s all connected to the 12^th amendment.

Before the ratification of the 12^th Amendment, the presidential candidate receiving the greatest number of electoral votes was elected president and the presidential candidate receiving the second most votes was elected vice president.  However, in the presidential election of 1800, there was a tie between the top two candidates.  To provide a solution if that should ever happen again, in 1804 the States ratified the 12^th Amendment to the US Constitution.

The 12^th Amendment of the Constitution establishes that there must be two separate ballots in every presidential election: one for the president and one for the vice president.  The Electors, casting two votes, choose the president and the vice president in two distinct ballots.  If there is a tie on the presidential ballot, that tie would be broken by a vote of the House of Representatives under very specific instructions laid out in the 12^th Amendment.  In those instructions, the House is to select the President after January 6 but before March 4 of the same year. (Note- the new House Members will be sworn in on January 3^rd, meaning the NEW HOUSE would select the President).  Because separate elections for the President and Vice President are required by the Constitution, the newly elected Vice President would serve as President if the House does not settle the tie before the March 4^th deadline.

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