Electors Voting Process: Part Twelve

Electors Voting Process: Part Twelve 

There is another reason why there needs to be a different set of electors for the Vice-President. It is the same reason why these electors must be chosen by a different democratic model. 

The Vice President, according to Article 1 Section 3 Clause 4 of the U.S. Constitution, is elected to serve as President Of The Senate. His/Her Constitutional duties are limited to that only. That is why that position is called Vice-President instead of Assistant President.

The Vice-President can perform Presidential duties only when he/she is acting as President. This can only happen when the currently serving President has been incapacitated, either on a temporary or rest of the term basis. Until that happens, the Vice-President is supposed to be barred from participating in the federal executive branch.

According to the U.S. Constitution, the President is therein prohibited from having any authority over the Vice-President as the Vice-President presides over the U.S. Senate only.

This analogy must be considered. An assistant principal helps the principal execute his/her duties. A vice-principal, on the other hand, has specific tasks of his/her own to do as he/she does not assist the principal in executing the duties of the principal. The vice-principal answers far less to the principal than the assistant principal. While both the vice-principal and assistant principal have less authority than the principal and while both can also fill in as principal if the principal is unavailable to perform his/her duties, their similarities end there. 

The U.S. Constitution needs to be restored so that the President and Vice-President are on separate tickets so that Separation Of Powers and Checks and Balances are maintained. These two positions need its own set of electors who are chosen based on its own different democratic models. After all, both positions' officeholder serves in a different branch of government.