The Twelfth Amendment

"The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and all persons voted for as Vice-President and of the number of votes for each, which lists 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 Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and all persons voted for as Vice-President and of the number of votes for each, which lists 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 Twelfth Amendment has made on of the biggest impacts on our country of all the amendments.  It completely changed how this country voted for its President and Vice President.  These pictures of of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, both of whom ran for the office of President in 1796 and again in 1800. 

The Presidential Elections of 1796 and of 1800 are the two reasons why the Presidential election system in the country had to be changed. The problem that arose was that when Adams won the Presidency by 3 votes in 1796.  Under that system, Thomas Jefferson automatically became the Vice President.  What this did to the Vice Presidency was that it crippled it.  The current President would do everything he possibly could to disable the Vice President because the two were of opposite parties but were the two most powerful political figures in the country.