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Lisa Blunt Rochester: “``The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a…”

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``The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; . . .''
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Lisa Blunt Rochester
Democratic · Delaware
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Jan 5, 2017

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