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.*
Choosing a Vice President
The vice president was a person who was to preside over the senate. He would serve as president, when the president could not. He would represent the president at various functions. He was to make the job of being the president easier, by being able to get to places that the president would not be able to visit, to see that Federal employees were doing their job and citizens were being served properly. He would have the good of the country at heart.
The best candidate for this office would be the person who came in second in electoral votes. Because the vice president would preside over the senate, in the case of a tie for second place, the senators would choose him. The president is isolated from being directly chosen by the government officers, because it was electors that provided the list. They had also spoken, but it was a tie that needed to be decided.
It must be stated that the purpose of this study is to see how much of the Constitution is valid for use in the future Kingdom of God. In this case, the process is backwards from God’s design. God chooses and elects people to serve in government. Man’s systems and choices are wrong and harmful to themselves as is demonstrated in this country and in all history.
1 Samuel 16:7, "But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart."
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