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media type="file" key="Mr.Veliz_Constitution_Project.wmv" width="300" height="300" AMENDMENT 12: Choosing President And Vice President __** · The electors will meet in their states, and vote on a ballot for the president and vice president · They will say on the ballot who they are voting for (president and vice president), and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as 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 open all the certificates and votes in the presence of the senate, then the certificates and votes shall 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 · The number of members required to be present for business to be legally conducted 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 with the most votes as vice president will 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 · The number of members required to be present for business to be legally conducted 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 · Though electors are pledged to the candidates of their party, there is nothing in the Constitution requiring them to so vote  · Ratified: June 15th, 1804 · [|The 13th Amendment], which prohibits slavery, was · Ratified: December 6, 1865 · Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, shall exist within the United States · Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation · Mississippi ratified the amendment in 1995, but because the state never officially notified the US Archivist, the ratification is not official · This amendment was specifically rejected by Delaware on Feb 8, 1865; by Kentucky on Feb 24, 1865; by New Jersey on Mar 16, 1865; and by Mississippi on Dec 4, 1865. Florida reaffirmed its ratification on Jun 9, 1868. · Slavery was an institution in America in the 18th and 19th centuries · The Southern states, with their agricultural economies, relied on the slavery system to ensure the cash crops (cotton, hemp, rice, indigo, and tobacco, primarily) were tended and cultivated · Slaves were not unknown in the North, but abolition in the North was completed by the 1830's · In 1808, the Congress prohibited the slave trade, not a year later than allowed in the Constitution · A series of compromises, laws, acts, and bills tried to keep the balance between the slave states and the non-slave states · By the end of 1865, eight of the eleven Confederate states had also ratified Amendment 13
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 * ** # ** || ** State ** || ** Date ** || ** * ** ||
 * 1 || North Carolina || Dec 21, 1803 ||  ||
 * 2 || Maryland || Dec 24, 1803 ||  ||
 * 3 || Kentucky || Dec 27, 1803 ||  ||
 * 4 || Ohio || Dec 30, 1803 ||  ||
 * 5 || Pennsylvania || Jan 5, 1804 ||  ||
 * 6 || Vermont || Jan 30, 1804 ||  ||
 * 7 || Virginia || Feb 3, 1804 ||  ||
 * 8 || New York || Feb 10, 1804 ||  ||
 * 9 || New Jersey || Feb 22, 1804 ||  ||
 * 10 || Rhode Island || Mar 12, 1804 ||  ||
 * 11 || South Carolina || May 15, 1804 ||  ||
 * 12 || Georgia || May 19, 1804 ||  ||
 * 13 || New Hampshire || Jun 15, 1804 || * ||
 * 14 || Tennessee || Jul 27, 1804 ||  ||
 * Ratified in 189 days ||
 * __ AMENDMENT 13: Slavery Abolishment __**
 * ** # ** || ** State ** || ** Date ** || ** * ** ||
 * 1 || Illinois || Feb 1, 1865 ||  ||
 * 2 || Rhode Island || Feb 2, 1865 ||  ||
 * 3 || Michigan || Feb 3, 1865 ||  ||
 * 4 || Maryland || Feb 3, 1865 ||  ||
 * 5 || New York || Feb 3, 1865 ||  ||
 * 6 || Pennsylvania || Feb 3, 1865 ||  ||
 * 7 || West Virginia || Feb 3, 1865 ||  ||
 * 8 || Missouri || Feb 6, 1865 ||  ||
 * 9 || Maine || Feb 7, 1865 ||  ||
 * 10 || Kansas || Feb 7, 1865 ||  ||
 * 11 || Massachusetts || Feb 7, 1865 ||  ||
 * 12 || Virginia || Feb 9, 1865 ||  ||
 * 13 || Ohio || Feb 10, 1865 ||  ||
 * 14 || Indiana || Feb 13, 1865 ||  ||
 * 15 || Nevada || Feb 16, 1865 ||  ||
 * 16 || Louisiana || Feb 17, 1865 ||  ||
 * 17 || Minnesota || Feb 23, 1865 ||  ||
 * 18 || Wisconsin || Feb 24, 1865 ||  ||
 * 19 || Vermont || Mar 8, 1865 ||  ||
 * 20 || Tennessee || Apr 7, 1865 ||  ||
 * 21 || Arkansas || Apr 14, 1865 ||  ||
 * 22 || Connecticut || May 4, 1865 ||  ||
 * 23 || New Hampshire || Jul 1, 1865 ||  ||
 * 24 || South Carolina || Nov 13, 1865 ||  ||
 * 25 || Alabama || Dec 2, 1865 ||  ||
 * 26 || North Carolina || Dec 4, 1865 ||  ||
 * 27 || Georgia || Dec 6, 1865 || * ||
 * 28 || Oregon || Dec 8, 1865 ||  ||
 * 29 || California || Dec 19, 1865 ||  ||
 * 30 || Florida || Dec 28, 1865 ||  ||
 * 31 || Iowa || Jan 15, 1866 ||  ||
 * 32 || New Jersey || Jan 23, 1866 ||  ||
 * 33 || Texas || Feb 18, 1870 ||  ||
 * 34 || Delaware || Feb 12, 1901 ||  ||
 * 35 || Kentucky || Mar 18, 1976 ||  ||
 * 36 || Mississippi || Mar 16, 1995 * ||  ||
 * Ratified in 309 days ||