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Describe how the process of selecting the vice president was conducted prior to the passage of the Twelfth Amendment.

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Describe how the process of selecting the vice president was conducted prior to the passage of the Twelfth Amendment.

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Selecting the vice president was a simpler process. Whichever candidate received the second greatest number of votes for president became vice president. The vice president, unlike the president, was not required to receive votes from a majority of the electors.
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