The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, of whom at least one shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves; they shall designate in the ballots the person voted for president, and in separate ballots the person voted for vice-president, and shall draw up separate lists of all the persons voted for president and of all the persons voted for vice-president. , and of the number of votes for each, the lists which they shall sign and certify and transmit under seal 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 the House of Representatives, open all the certificates and then count the votes; – The President is the person who has the highest number of votes for the President, if this number is the majority of the total number of Electors. appointed; and if no person shall have such a majority, then from among the persons having the greatest number not exceeding three on the list of those voted for President, the House of Representatives shall forthwith elect, by ballot, the President. But in the election of the President, the votes shall be taken by the states, the representation of each state having one vote; the 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 required for an election. (And if the House of Representatives shall not elect a president whenever the right of election falls to them, before the fourth day of March next, then the vice-president shall act as president, as in case of death or other constitutional acts). the handicap of the President.–) The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be Vice-President, if such number is a majority of the total number of Electors named, and if no person has a majority, then of the two greatest numbers from the list, the Senate elects the vice president; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the total number of senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be required for an election. But no person constitutionally ineligible for the office of President shall be eligible for that of Vice President of the United States.

Section 1

In case of removal from office of the president or his death or resignation, the vice president becomes president.

Section 2

Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President to assume the office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.

Section 3

Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to perform the duties and responsibilities of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such duties and responsibilities shall be performed by the Vice President as of interim president.

Section 4

Whenever the Vice President and a majority of the principal directors of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, shall transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to perform the duties and responsibilities of his office , the Vice President shall immediately assume the duties and responsibilities of the position as Acting President.

Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that there is no incapacity, he shall resume the duties and responsibilities of his office, unless the Vice President and the majority are the principal officers of the executive department or of any such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to exercise his powers. and the duties of his office. After that Congress shall decide the matter, meeting within forty-eight hours for that purpose, if not in session. If Congress, within twenty-one days after the receipt of the last written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after the meeting of Congress, determines by a vote of two-thirds of both Houses that The President is unable to perform the duties and responsibilities of his office, the Vice President shall continue to exercise the same as the Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.

Section 1

The mandate of the president and vice president ends at noon on January 20, and the mandate of senators and representatives at noon on January 3, of the years in which these mandates would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.

Section 2

The Congress shall meet at least once in each year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3rd day of January, unless another day shall be fixed by law.

Section 3

If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the President’s mandate, the President-elect has died, the Vice-President-elect becomes President. If a President has not been elected before the time fixed for the commencement of his term of office, or if the President-elect has failed to qualify, then the Vice-President-elect shall act as President until a President has qualified; and Congress may by law provide in the event that neither president-elect nor vice-president-elect shall qualify, declaring who shall then act as president, or the manner in which the one who shall act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice-President qualifies.

Section 4

Congress may by law provide in case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a president whenever the right of election has fallen to them, and in case of the death of any of the persons. from whom the Senate may elect a vice-president whenever the right of election shall have fallen to them.

Section 5

Sections 1 and 2 shall enter into force on the 15th day of October following the ratification of this article.

Section 6

This article shall be inoperative unless it shall be ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission.