The Journal of the Debates in the Convention which Framed the Constitution of the United States, May-September 1787. Volume 2Madison, James
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The Journal of the Debates in the Convention which Framed the Constitution of the United States, May-September 1787. Volume 2
Madison, James
Constitutional law -- United States; Constitutions -- United States; United States. Constitution
(4.) After the word 'Excellency' in sect. 1. art. 10. to be
inserted. 'He shall hold his office during the term of four
years, and together with the Vice-President, chosen for the same
term, be elected in the following manner, viz. Each State shall
appoint in such manner as its Legislature may direct, a number
of electors equal to the whole number of Senators and members of
the House of Representatives, to which the State may be entitled
in the Legislature. The Electors shall meet in their respective
States, and vote by ballot for two persons, of whom one at least
shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves;
and they shall make a list of all the persons voted for, and of
the number of votes for each, which list they shall sign and
certify and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Gen^l Government,
directed to the President of the Senate--The President of the
Senate shall in that House open all the certificates, and the
votes shall be then & there counted. The Person having the
greatest number of votes shall be the President, if such number
be a majority of that of the electors; and if there be more than
one who have such a majority, and have an equal number of votes,
then the Senate shall immediately choose by ballot one of them
for President: but if no person have a majority, then from the
five highest on the list, the Senate shall choose by ballot the
President, and in every case after the choice of the President,
the person having the greatest number of votes shall be
vice-president: but if there should remain two or more who have
equal votes, the Senate shall choose from them the
Vice-President. The Legislature may determine the time of
choosing and assembling the Electors, and the manner of
certifying and transmitting their votes.'
(5) 'Sect. 2. No person except a natural born citizen or a
Citizen of the U. S. at the time of the adoption of this
Constitution shall be eligible to the office of President; nor
shall any person be elected to that office, who shall be under
the age of thirty five years, and who has not been in the whole,
at least fourteen years a resident within the U. S.'
(6) 'Sect. 3. The vice-president shall be ex officio President
of the Senate, except when they sit to try the impeachment of
the President, in which case the Chief Justice shall preside,
and excepting also when he shall exercise the powers and duties
of President, in which case & in case of his absence, the Senate
shall chuse a President pro tempore--The vice President when
acting as President of the Senate shall not have a vote unless
the House be equally divided.'
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