Amendment 12
President and vice president
Facts
- The president and vice president have to run together and be voted on together
- This amendment was passed because in years before this, the president who had the second most votes would become the vice president. Sometimes these two where part of a different political party. this caused major problems.
- Passed on December 9th 1803
- This is still important so that we will not have two people closely working together not in agreement