... the 12th amendment and election reforms. The uproar called such election outcomes, iniquitous and unconstitutional, since it gave the minor party the possibility "through the office of VP--to ascend to the Presidency and attain "the power of electing a VP, the possible successor to the Presidency; [the constitution's] purpose was that the election of the President and VP should be ... ...

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