Drafting contracts assignment 5
Section 1.
The executive Power will be entrusted in a single President of the United States of America. He will hold his Office for a Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows:
Each State will appoint, as the Legislature may direct, a Number of Electors, that will be equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives that the State is entitled in the Congress, but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, may be appointed an Elector.
The Electors will meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two People, at least one may not be an Inhabitant of the same State as themselves. They will List all the People who were voted for, and the Number of Votes each person received; they will then sign and certify it then they will transmit it sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate will, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes will then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes will be the President. If the Number is a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there is more than one who has such a Majority who also has an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives will immediately vote by Ballot for one of them to become President. If no Person has a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the House will in the same Manner choose the President. In choosing the President, the Votes will be taken by States. The Representatives from each State having one Vote; a minimum for this Purpose will consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States will be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors will
The executive Power will be entrusted in a single President of the United States of America. He will hold his Office for a Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows:
Each State will appoint, as the Legislature may direct, a Number of Electors, that will be equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives that the State is entitled in the Congress, but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, may be appointed an Elector.
The Electors will meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two People, at least one may not be an Inhabitant of the same State as themselves. They will List all the People who were voted for, and the Number of Votes each person received; they will then sign and certify it then they will transmit it sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate will, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes will then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes will be the President. If the Number is a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there is more than one who has such a Majority who also has an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives will immediately vote by Ballot for one of them to become President. If no Person has a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the House will in the same Manner choose the President. In choosing the President, the Votes will be taken by States. The Representatives from each State having one Vote; a minimum for this Purpose will consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States will be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors will