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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.