Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
amendment to the United States Constitution
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| gptkbp:appliesTo |
Presidential elections
Vice Presidential elections |
| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_States
|
| gptkbp:effect |
separate ballots for President and Vice President in the Electoral College
prevents electors from casting two votes for President specifies procedure if no candidate receives majority of electoral votes House of Representatives chooses President if no majority Senate chooses Vice President if no majority |
| gptkbp:followedBy |
gptkb:13th_Amendment
|
| gptkbp:historicalName |
response to the election of 1800
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
12th Amendment
|
| gptkbp:numberInConstitution |
12
|
| gptkbp:officialName |
gptkb:Twelfth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
|
| gptkbp:precededBy |
gptkb:11th_Amendment
|
| gptkbp:proposedBy |
gptkb:8th_United_States_Congress
1803-12-09 |
| gptkbp:purpose |
revised procedure for electing the President and Vice President
|
| gptkbp:ratifiedBy |
1804-06-15
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| gptkbp:replacedBy |
gptkb:Article_II,_Section_1,_Clause_3_of_the_U.S._Constitution
|
| gptkbp:significance |
clarified and modified the Electoral College process
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:U.S._Constitution,_Article_II,_Section_1
gptkb:Electoral_College |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
4
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