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From: The Office of the Vice President and Executive Orders
  • adam . # . 1/1
    Of course Amendment XII changes the appointment process to allow the joint tickets of today as well.

    _The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President_

    I wonder if this could be used to change the presidential voting process without changing the constitution. Is it possible on US ballot papers to vote for a different VP than Prez?

    It's quite a bizarre position as at first glance it would appear to just fit the Cheney caricature of power smash-and-grab. It's quite corrosive as you say though. Ultimately if exploited over time an exception like this would allow something like the OVP to become a route for unchecked, imperial power.