Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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amendment to the United States Constitution constitutional amendment

The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the 1804 amendment that reformed the presidential election process by requiring separate Electoral College votes for president and vice president to prevent electoral deadlocks and conflicts between running mates.

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Label	Occurrences
Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution canonical	15
Twelfth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution	2
Twelfth Amendment	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ constitutional amendment ⓘ
adoptedIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
appliesToOffice	President of the United States ⓘ Vice President of the United States ⓘ
changes	procedure for casting electoral votes ⓘ procedure for counting electoral votes ⓘ procedure for resolving no-majority outcomes in presidential elections ⓘ
clarifies	procedure for counting electoral votes in the presence of the Senate and House ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
effectiveFrom	1804 ⓘ
followedBy	Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
follows	Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
historicalContext	rise of political parties in the early United States ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	in force ⓘ
limits	number of presidential candidates considered by the House in a contingent election to three ⓘ
locationInDocument	Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Article II of the United States Constitution as modified
mainEffect	prevented president and vice president from being political opponents elected from different parties under most circumstances ⓘ reduced likelihood of electoral deadlocks between presidential and vice presidential candidates ⓘ reformed the original presidential election procedure in Article II, Section 1 ⓘ required separate Electoral College ballots for president and vice president ⓘ
motivatedBy	electoral crisis of the election of 1800 ⓘ
numberInSequence	12 ⓘ
partOf	United States Constitution ⓘ
precededBy	Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
proposedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
proposedOn	1803-12-09 ⓘ
provides	that a majority of all states is required to elect a president in the House ⓘ that a majority of the whole number of senators is required to elect a vice president in the Senate ⓘ that a two-thirds quorum of the whole number of senators is required for a contingent vice presidential election ⓘ that each state delegation in the House has one vote in a contingent presidential election ⓘ that electors cast one distinct vote for president ⓘ that electors cast one distinct vote for vice president ⓘ that no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of president shall be eligible to that of vice president ⓘ that the House chooses the president from the top three electoral vote-getters ⓘ that the House of Representatives chooses the president if no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes ⓘ that the Senate chooses the vice president from the top two electoral vote-getters for vice president ⓘ that the Senate chooses the vice president if no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes for vice president ⓘ
ratifiedBy	state legislatures of the United States ⓘ
ratifiedOn	1804-06-15 ⓘ
subject	Electoral College ⓘ United States presidential election ⓘ surface form: United States presidential elections United States presidential election ⓘ surface form: United States vice presidential elections contingent election in the House of Representatives ⓘ contingent election in the Senate ⓘ presidential succession procedures ⓘ

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Electoral College → constitutionalBasis → Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Thirteenth Amendment → precededBy → Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twelfth Amendment

Vice President of the United States → constitutingInstrument → Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Electoral Count Act of 1887 → relatedTo → Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

United States presidential election → legalBasis → Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

VPOTUS → alsoMentionedIn → Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Chiafalo v. Washington → interprets → Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twelfth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution → followedBy → Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

VP → constitutionalAmendmentAffectingOffice → Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: Vice President of the United States

2024 United States presidential election → constitutionalBasis → Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Colorado Department of State v. Baca → legalSubject → Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Colorado Department of State v. Baca → constitutionalProvisionInvoked → Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Peter B. Chiafalo → constitutionalContext → Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Presidency of Thomas Jefferson → majorEvent → Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Michael Baca → constitutionalProvisionInvoked → Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twelfth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Ray v. Blair → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

1844 United States presidential election → modifiedBy → Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

U.S. presidents → constitutionalAmendmentAffectingOffice → Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ