Article 2, Section 1, Paragraph 3
The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President. But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; A quorum for this purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President.*
Revote Process
A straight electoral count would normally determine the president. Large states could have a larger influence over the election results. In the case of a tie, to keep the large states from overwhelming the process, representatives of each state have to determine their vote and present the result as one vote per state. To insure a clear choice, two-thirds of the states would have to choose the same person for president. In this case, the electoral field would have been limited by the electoral vote, and the representatives would then choose from this brief list.
What is lacking is the consideration of qualification. It was assumed that each candidate would be carefully scrutinized, and only reliable endorsements considered for presidential office. In the process of scrutiny, negative elements would have to be factored. The candidates lining up for the next election for president have long histories of not paying their taxes on time, writing bad checks, drunken behavior, un-Constitutional voting records, broken marital commitments, adulterous relationships, gambling addictions, and financial support and ties to un-American interests. If United States citizens would look at character, presidential nominations would be very different, and easily decided.
Proverbs 29:2, "When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn."
If God would not choose to nominate a person for office, the electors certainly should not choose him either. God emphasizes to Israel that they were to pick a person they knew well. This way he could not lie about his qualifications.
Deuteronomy 17:15, "Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother."
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