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

Vast majority of Americans believe if that the Vice-President succeeds the President if the President is no longer such in all occasions. That simply is not the case.

The Twentieth Amendment in the U.S. Constitution in 1933 states in its Section 4 that if a President dies in office and was earlier chosen by the members of the House of Representatives on a state-to state basis, that federal legislative lower house body chooses the next President as governed by federal law.

The Twentieth Amendment in the U.S. Constitution also states in its Section 4 that if a Vice-President dies in office and was earlier chosen by the majority of members of the U.S. Senate, that federal legislative upper house body chooses the next Vice-President as governed by federal law.

If one reads the Twentieth Amendment passed in 1933, it is apparent that the candidates for President and candidates for Vice-President were not on the same ticket. Otherwise why would it express that if the President was not chosen before the beginning of its term, then the Vice President-elect shall act as President?

This Amendment cites the definite involvement of the House Of Representatives in the possible choosing of the POTUS and the definite involvement of the U.S. Senate in the possible choosing of VPOTUS. This can only mean the U.S. Constitution did not advocate for an Electoral College. With the use of the Electoral College, the House Of Representatives will hardly ever be used to choose the President and the U.S. Senate will likewise rarely, if ever, be used for the choosing of VPOTUS.

To re-establish Representative Governance, Americans must utilize what was prescribed in the American Constitution for the conduct of Presidential and Vice-Presidential elections. Cliff Notes Version: The American Constitution never meant for the Electoral College to be established. It wanted each elector to vote separately and distinctly on his/her own. It also desired for the electors to vote separately in the POTUS and VPOTUS races.