Commentary On Elections-Part Sixty-Eight (Session Three)

Electors for President and for Vice-President should be federal functionaries since the entire governance was "federalized" as the result of the American Civil War. However the first and second phrases of the 12th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution should not be amended. Electors still need to meet in their respective states to vote by ballot for President and Vice-President. After all, states are still subsidiaries of the U.S.A. nation.

The 12th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution should be amended so that there are two sets of electors, one of each set chooses the POTUS and VPOTUS respectively. This change would make the choosing of the officeholders much more Representative Democratic.

However even if only one set of electors exist for the choosing of both positions, it is still permissible for a chosen POTUS and VPOTUS to belong to the same state. The only act which is banned by the U.S. Constitution is each elector cannot vote for POTUS and VPOTUS candidates who are from the same state. Plainly explained if an elector chooses one candidate from one state as POTUS, that same elector is not allowed to choose his/her candidate for VPOTUS from that same state. The choices for POTUS and VPOTUS each by an elector cannot belong to the same state. That does not prohibit the winners of the Presidency and Vice-Presidency from belonging to the same state. The 12th Amendment only inhibits it.

However the 12th Amendment has been totally violated and ignored in regards to this choosing. The preceding is not applicable. Presently the President and Vice-President are on the same ticket and they are, for all practical purposes, chosen by the electorate and not by the electors. Due to the fact that electors still choose these federal head executives as a formality only, the POTUS and VPOTUS will always have to belong to different states.

Cliff Notes Version: Electors for President and for Vice-President should be federal functionaries since the entire governance was "federalized" as the result of the American Civil War. The U.S. Constitution should be amended so that there are two sets of electors, one of each set chooses the POTUS and VPOTUS respectively.

It is still permissible for a chosen POTUS and VPOTUS to belong to the same state. The only act which is banned by the U.S. Constitution is each elector cannot vote for POTUS and VPOTUS candidates who are from the same state.

Since the electorate have much more of a choice in who becomes POTUS and VPOTUS than the electors, POTUS and VPOTUS have to belong to different states.