The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-12-02
The Electoral Vote.
aErHoD ~ cnUSTISG IT-&EGTIsg
OF ruE ELE-TogAL coLhEggs.


tegosf AID I8yogtaHce- On more 'h4a
one secaxsoa the defects f sAe IE.a-
clliuery t5r determining which IF Two
or more candidates has bCea legally
elected to the Presidency lave been
strikingIy shown. aud attempts have
been made 10 remedy thsm but while
rome OF thsse cfiogts have uet with
success. IT has also beeu fortunate that
on 10 Octaa gos4 which has ever arisen
h~s the aetgal resaIt been affected by
tn vote Of any State which forwarded
iis vote and the validity Of nose fe-
turns has beea questioned. Now J.
seems possible that such "a coutings ney
may arise.
NJ provision has ever been made
for settling dispute of this kind.
scctioul. AftieI II. directs that "a each
State shall appoint, in such manner as
the legislature thereof may direct. a
number Of Electors equal 10 the hole
number 81 Seuate IS and Representa-
tives 10 which the State may bc en-
titled IN the Congress, bat no Senator
or Representative, or person holding ala
Office of trust or profit under the
United States. shall be appointed an
Elector =
The twelfth amendment to the con
stituiion provides that the Electors
" meet in their respective States, and
vote Icy ballot Tor President and Vice
President, one of whom shall not be
an inhabitant of the same State with
themselves. Ind they shall
make distinct lists If all persons voted
for a. President, and of all the persons
voted for as Vice President, and of the
number of votes for each, which lists
they shalt sign aud certify. and trans
NIT sealed 10 the seat of the Govern
mont of the United States. directed 70
the President of the Senate. The
President of the Senate shall, in the
presence ot the Senate aud House Of
Representatives, open al! the certif-
Gates, and the vote shall then he
counted The person. having the great
est number OF votes for President shall
be the President, ii such number be a
majority OF the whole number of EIec-
tors appointed, otc.
By the acts Of 793 and is0l, as
adopted in the Revised Statutes of the
United States, the following regula-
tions ate made
Sec. i35 Tie Electors for olch State
shall meet and give their votes upon
the first Wedne day IN December in the
year in whiSh they are appointed, at
such place. in each state. as the legisla-
turo of such state shall direct
See 1856. II shall b the duty of the
executive of each State 20 cause three
lists or the names Of the electors, of
each State 10 be- made and certified, aud
TO bo delivered 10 the electors on or be-
fore the day on which they arc required
by the preceding section, 20 meet
Sec. l31. The Electors shall vote for
President and Wee President. respec-
lively. IA the manner directed 10y the
See l3s. The Electors shall make
aud sign three certificates of the votes
given by them, each of which certificates
shall contain two distinct lists, one Of
the votes for President. aud The other
of the votes iur Nice-presidcnt. ana
shall annex 10 cfCh Of the certificates
one Of the lists ~ toe Electors which
shall have been furnished 20 them by
direction If the exec,uivr Of the ~'ite,
Sec $50 Tie Electors ,ha,. seal up
the certificates s.. made by them. aui
certify upo.2 zach >hitThe .ist o' All the
votes OF such State given f-r Pr,s5 lent.
aul ot all iic votes given H.. Vicc-
rres lent. ar causaine,; therein.
Sec. 10 The Electors shall dispose
Of the certificates thus made by them
la the following mauuef:
l. They shall. by writing under their
bands. or under the bands of major
Jay OF ihein. appoint a person 10 take
charge of and deliver 20 the President
of the Senate AZ the seat of Govern
ment, before the first "Wednesday IN
Janusry then next ensuing. one Il the
certificates
>. They shall forthwith forward by
the posto;'ieo To- thc President al the
Senate at the seat of Government. onc
other Of the certificates
B. They shall forthwith cause the
other of ,he certificates 10 be delivered
to the judge OF the district in which the
Electors shall assemble.
"Scc ~ Congress shall be II ses-
sion on the second Wednesday III Feb
rIafy succeeding every meeting ot the
Electors. and ,he ccrtiticstes. or SO many
of them as have been received, shall
then be opened. the votes counted. and
the pcrsous to all the offices If rresi-
q nc aud Vl.y- President asccrtaincd and
declared agrts able - he constitution
On several o,casious prvr - 1859.
llad been made 10 receiving
ibo votes ut certain states ou ao,o0ug ci
alleged Irregularities. hat na such yate
wa, ever formally rejected II 1861,
resolution wss adopted uv Congress ex-
Guiding the electoral Votes os Stat
tbeu ia rebellion. bat a. 30 votes were
receivs,l tgoga any 4 them none were
rejected / precedent was, however.
set for ,he REJECTION Of the vote e
State by a io,nt resolution coacUrrvd in
~ both Ilegs,s II Congress.
when the ,ia ,'ioas arose during the
first bali Il the century touching III
acceptance or rtject,an e the vote II
states the return, frcua which TO r.
regular, loeg Z bate s5Lctimes arcsC
which seF.oaslv ;u'crfeTed wl'h ihe
prompt AnuouncemeAt of tae ge alt.
To en-, ~ such debate. the Twes.y
oud loint rale af tha tSo Hausss was
adopted il 1855. aai golop;ci 'y zach
s'acccydinS Congress except 'lgc pres ~.
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