?9 ? RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION COMMITTEE OF STYLE tify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the general govern- ment, 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 choose the presi- dent. But in choosing the president, the votes shall be taken by states, and not per capita, ?9 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 by the repre- sentatives, 2� 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. ((c)) The Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the time in 21 which they shall give their votes; but the election shall be on the same day 22 throughout the United States. ((d)) No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this con- stitution, shall be eligible to the office of president; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States. ((e)) In case of the removal of the president from office, or 29 "and not per capita" crossed out by Madison. ?0 "by the representatives ? crossed out by Madison. ? "time in" crossed out and "day' on" substituted by Madison. ? "but the election shall be on the same day" crossed out and ?which day shall be the same" interllned by Madison.
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