The United States' Constitution, Various Authors [free children's ebooks online .TXT] 📗

otes for each;which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed tothe Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to thePresident 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 shall be the President,if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed;and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equalNumber of votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediatelychuse by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person havea Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said Houseshall in like Manner chuse the President. But in chusing the President,the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each Statehaving one Vote; a Quorum for this Purpose shall consist of a Memberor Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the