AMENDMENTS THAT AFFECT THE PRESIDENT

 

 

12    The Electoral College will cast separate ballots for the President and Vice President

                - a response to the election of 1800

 

*      15    Gave African Americans the Right to Vote

 

*      19    Gave Women the Right to Vote

 

20    Moved the Inauguration Date of the President from March to January  - Referred to as the Lame Duck Amendment

 

        22    Limits the President to Two Consecutive Elected Terms

                - a response to F.D.R.’s 4 elected terms

 

*      23    Gave Residents of Washington D.C. the Right to Vote

 

        24    Outlawed the Poll Tax (tax to vote)

 

25            Presidential Succession Formalized

 

-         Fills the office of President if it becomes vacant

-         Fills the office of Vice President if it becomes vacant

-         In the event of death resignation or disability (physical or mental)

-         V.P. Required to provide Congress with documentation relative to a presidential disability

 

*      26    Gave 18 yr olds the Right to Vote

 

 

 

*      Suffrage Amendments