(27) The Electors shall meet intheir respective States, and vote byBallot for two Persons, of whom oneat least shall not be an Inhabitant ofthe same State with themselves. Andthey shall make a List of all the Per-sons voted for, and of the Number ofVotes for each; which List they shallsign and certify, and transmit sealedto the Seat of the Government of theUnited States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President ofthe Senate shall, in the Presence ofthe Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, andthe Votes shall then be counted. ThePerson having the greatest Numberof Votes shall be the President, ifsuch Number be a Majority of thewhole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than onewho have such Majority, and have anequal Number of Votes,then theHouse of Representatives shall immediately choose by Ballot one ofthem for President。
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