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addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered,<br />

for the purposes <strong>of</strong> the election <strong>of</strong> President and Vice<br />

President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall<br />

meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the<br />

twelfth article <strong>of</strong> amendment.<br />

SEC. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article<br />

by appropriate legislation.<br />

20Note.—This amendment was proposed by Congress on June 17, 1960;<br />

ratification was completed on March 29, 1961.<br />

ARTICLE [XXIV.] 21<br />

SECTION 1. The right <strong>of</strong> citizens <strong>of</strong> the United States to vote<br />

in any primary or other election for President or Vice President,<br />

for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or<br />

Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by<br />

the United States or any State by reason <strong>of</strong> failure to pay any<br />

poll tax or other tax.<br />

SEC. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article<br />

by appropriate legislation.<br />

21Note.—This amendment was proposed by Congress on August 27,<br />

1962; ratification was completed on January 23, 1964.<br />

ARTICLE [XXV.] 22<br />

SECTION 1. In case <strong>of</strong> the removal <strong>of</strong> the President from<br />

<strong>of</strong>fice or <strong>of</strong> his death or resignation, the Vice President shall<br />

become President.<br />

SEC. 2. Whenever there is a vacancy in the <strong>of</strong>fice <strong>of</strong> the Vice<br />

President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who<br />

shall take <strong>of</strong>fice upon confirmation by a majority vote <strong>of</strong> both<br />

<strong>House</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Congress.<br />

SEC. 3. Whenever the President transmits to the President<br />

pro tempore <strong>of</strong> the Senate and the Speaker <strong>of</strong> the <strong>House</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Representatives</strong> his written declaration that he is unable to<br />

discharge the powers and duties <strong>of</strong> his <strong>of</strong>fice, and until he<br />

transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such<br />

powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as<br />

Acting President.<br />

SEC. 4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority <strong>of</strong><br />

either the principal <strong>of</strong>ficers <strong>of</strong> the executive departments or <strong>of</strong><br />

such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to<br />

the President pro tempore <strong>of</strong> the Senate and the Speaker <strong>of</strong><br />

the <strong>House</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Representatives</strong> their written declaration that the<br />

President is unable to discharge the powers and duties <strong>of</strong> his<br />

<strong>of</strong>fice, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers<br />

and duties <strong>of</strong> the <strong>of</strong>fice as Acting President.<br />

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES<br />

B–103<br />

Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President<br />

pro tempore <strong>of</strong> the Senate and the Speaker <strong>of</strong> the <strong>House</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Representatives</strong> his written declaration that no inability exists, he<br />

shall resume the powers and duties <strong>of</strong> his <strong>of</strong>fice unless the Vice<br />

President and a majority <strong>of</strong> either the principal <strong>of</strong>ficers <strong>of</strong> the<br />

executive department or <strong>of</strong> such other body as Congress may by<br />

law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Senate and the Speaker <strong>of</strong> the <strong>House</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Representatives</strong><br />

their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge<br />

the powers and duties <strong>of</strong> his <strong>of</strong>fice. Thereupon Congress shall<br />

decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose<br />

if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days<br />

after receipt <strong>of</strong> the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not<br />

in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to<br />

assemble, determines by two-thirds vote <strong>of</strong> both <strong>House</strong>s that the<br />

President is unable to discharge the powers and duties <strong>of</strong> his<br />

<strong>of</strong>fice, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same<br />

as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the<br />

powers and duties <strong>of</strong> his <strong>of</strong>fice.<br />

22Note.—This amendment was proposed by Congress on July 6, 1965;<br />

ratification was completed on February 10, 1967.<br />

ARTICLE [XXVI.] 23<br />

SECTION 1. The right <strong>of</strong> citizens <strong>of</strong> the United States, who<br />

are eighteen years <strong>of</strong> age or older, to vote shall not be denied<br />

or abridged by the United States or by any State on account<br />

<strong>of</strong> age.<br />

SEC. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article<br />

by appropriate legislation.<br />

23Note.—This amendment was proposed by Congress on March 23,<br />

1971; ratification was completed on July 1, 1971.<br />

ARTICLE [XXVII.] 24<br />

No law, varying the compensation for the services <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Senators and <strong>Representatives</strong>, shall take effect, until an election<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>Representatives</strong> shall have intervened.<br />

24Note.—This amendment was submitted to the several states pursuant<br />

to a resolution passed by the first Congress <strong>of</strong> the United States, at its<br />

first session, on Sept. 25, 1789, and was certified by the Archivist <strong>of</strong> the<br />

United States on May 19, 1992, 57 Fed. Reg. 21187, to have been ratified<br />

by the Legislatures <strong>of</strong> the States <strong>of</strong> Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas,<br />

Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, <strong>Florida</strong>, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana,<br />

Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,<br />

Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North<br />

Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South<br />

Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and<br />

Wyoming.

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