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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 > |||||||| Ratified in 309 days || 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
 * __​​Amendment12-Choosing President and Vice President__
 * __Amendment13-Slavery Abolishment__
 * __Amendment14-Citizenship Rights__ This amendment was ratified by 37 states. It was ratified in 757 days. Connecticut was the first state to ratify this amendment, they ratified it on June 25, 1866. Kentucky was the last state to ratify this amendment. This amendment clearly states that no one can take somethin or hold something against another citizen's life, liberty, or property without due process of law. The 14th amendment was designed to ensure that all former slaves were granted automatic United States citizenship, and that they would have all the rights and privileges as any other citizen. This amendment was finally ratified on July 9, 1868.
 * __Amendment16-Status of Income Tax Clarified__ This amendment took a very long time to finally be ratified. A total of 38 states ended up ratifying it. 1,302 days paseed before this was ratified. Alabama was the first state to ratify this amendment, they ratified it on August 10, 1909. New Hampshire was the last state to ratify, they ratified it about 4 years after Alabama ratified it. New Hampshire finally ratified this on March 7, 1913. This amendment makes it clear that though the categories of direct and indirect taxation still exist, any determination that income tax is a direct tax will be irrelevant, because taxes on incomes, from salary or from real estate, are explicitly to be treated as indirect. This amendment was ratified on February 13, 1913.
 * __Amendment19-Women's Suffrage. Women's right to vote__ This amendment was ratified August 18,1920 but was proposed June 4, 1919. It was ratified after 441 days. Illinois was the first state to ratify on June 10, 1919, and Mississippi was the last to ratify on March 22, 1984. This amendment states that the rights of citizens in the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of gender.
 * __Amendment26-Voting Age Set to 18 years__ This amendment states that citizens of the United States 18 or older will not be denied or abridged for the right to vote by the United States of any State. The 26th amendment was proposed on March 23, 1971. The first state to ratify was Conneticut on March 23, 1971, and the last state to ratify was Georgia on October 4, 1971. This amendment was officiallt ratified on July 1, 1971.

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