Amendment to Constitition Relating to Election of President, Etc: Hearing... on H.J.Res. 292...Feb. 5., 19311931 - 18 pages |
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... fixed for the beginning of his term , the same question arises as to whether the Vice President would become President . The first clause of section 4 of the proposed amendment provides that the Vice President will become President ...
... fixed for the beginning of his term , the same question arises as to whether the Vice President would become President . The first clause of section 4 of the proposed amendment provides that the Vice President will become President ...
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... fixed for the beginning of his term . ' There is also an ambiguity in the twelfth amendment , in that it does not state whether it is the retiring Vice President or the newly elected Vice President who is to act as President if the ...
... fixed for the beginning of his term . ' There is also an ambiguity in the twelfth amendment , in that it does not state whether it is the retiring Vice President or the newly elected Vice President who is to act as President if the ...
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... fix the day for the meeting of the electors of President and Vice President , and to provide for and regulate the counting of the votes for President and Vice President , and the decision of questions arising thereon , " approved ...
... fix the day for the meeting of the electors of President and Vice President , and to provide for and regulate the counting of the votes for President and Vice President , and the decision of questions arising thereon , " approved ...
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... fixed adjournment date ? Mr. GIFFORD . We have . Now , we know that in order to count the votes for President , should the election be thrown into the House , if we fixed the date by legis- lation for March 4 , a lame - duck Congress ...
... fixed adjournment date ? Mr. GIFFORD . We have . Now , we know that in order to count the votes for President , should the election be thrown into the House , if we fixed the date by legis- lation for March 4 , a lame - duck Congress ...
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... fixed . Mr. GIFFORD . I believe that . Mr. MICHENOR . Then , it is the question , as far as this committee is ... fix it so you can be elected for four years , the same term as the presidential adminis- tration ? Well , the obvious ...
... fixed . Mr. GIFFORD . I believe that . Mr. MICHENOR . Then , it is the question , as far as this committee is ... fix it so you can be elected for four years , the same term as the presidential adminis- tration ? Well , the obvious ...
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Page 2 - Section 4 The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them...
Page 2 - If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President...
Page 13 - ... the result of the same shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who shall thereupon announce the state of the vote, and the...
Page 13 - Washington, District of Columbia, but in the event it is not received, a duplicate of such statement shall be promptly filed upon notice by the Clerk...
Page 3 - SECTION 1. The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.
Page 13 - Two tellers shall be previously appointed on the part of the Senate and two on the part of the House of Representatives, to whom shall be handed, as they are opened by the President of the Senate, all the certificates and papers purporting to be certificates of the electoral votes...
Page 12 - Whenever any State has held an election for the purpose of choosing electors, and has failed to make a choice on the day prescribed by law, the electors may be appointed on a subsequent day in such a manner as the legislature of such State may direct.
Page 16 - March following such general election, and who shall be entitled to receive official recognition as such Commissioner by all of the departments of the Government of the United States, upon presentation, through the Department of State, of a certificate of election of the Governor of Porto Rico.
Page 14 - That while the two Houses shall be in meeting as provided in this act the President of the Senate shall have power to preserve order ; and no debate shall be allowed and no question shall be put by the presiding officer except to either House on a motion to withdraw.
Page 13 - Representatives at the hour of one o'clock in the afternoon on that day, and the President of the Senate shall be their presiding officer. Two tellers shall be previously appointed on the part of the Senate...