The twelfth amendment states...
The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for Vice President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate;
The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted;
The person having the greatest Number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.
The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United States.
What it means to me...
This amendment states that separate ballots are to be used for President and Vice President, that the candidate with the greatest number of votes for each office will be elected if that number constitutes a majority of the total Electors. It also states that if there is no majority for the President then the House of Representatives shall vote by state from among the two highest candidates, and if there is no majority for the Vice President then the Senate shall vote by state from among the two highest candidates. Also, the Vice President candidate shall need to meet the same requirements as for President. This is good to have so that there is a strict code to go by when electing our country's Presidential leaders.
The following is a video about the 12th amendment...
This video was made by two students to honor the 12th amendment and show why it was originally created, to ease the tension between the President and Vice President in the future..
The following is a cartoon that makes fun of the 12th amendment...
This cartoon makes fun of the 12th amendment's section regarding the electoral process. It mandates that electors must vote for presidential and vice-presidential candidates seperatley, and that the winner must have the most number of majority votes to be elected.
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