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ARTICLE II.
Sec. 1. The executive power shall be vested ______[451. in/over/to/no prep.] a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and, together with the Vice-President, chosen for the same term, be elected as follows.
Each State shall appoint, in such manner ________[452. by/as/of/no prep.] the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of Electors, equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled _______ [453. to/for/over/no prep.] in the Congress; but no Senator or Representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.
The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote ______[454. to/by/on/no prep.] 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______[455. for/to/of/no prep.], and of the number of votes for each; which list they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed _______[456. to/into/upto/no prep.] 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 ______ [457. of/in/from/no prep.] 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 choose _____[458. in/by/through/no prep.] ballot one of them _______ [459. for/as/to be/no prep.] President;
and if no person have a majority, then ______[460. among/from/of/no prep.] the five highest on the list the said House shall in like manner choose a President. But in choosing 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 choose from them by ballot the Vice-President.
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