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Robert Pittenger: “``The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a…”

On the recordJanuary 15, 2013
``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; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United States.''
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Robert Pittenger
North Carolina
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Jan 15, 2013

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