It was ratified January 23, 1933. [a] It moved the start and end dates for members of Congress from March 1 to January 21. The change superseded the Twelfth Amendment's reference to March 4 as the date by which the House of Representatives must—under circumstances where no candidate won an absolute majority of votes for president in the Electoral College—conduct a contingent presidential election. [1] It also gives the procedure to follow if for some reason there is no president-elect.[1]. Section 1 further modifies the Twelfth Amendment in its reference to March 4 as the date by which the House must exercise its choice of a President. Some content of the original page may have been edited to make it more suitable for younger readers, unless otherwise noted. Additionally, the Amendment deals with scenarios in… Each institution could do this on the theory that, at best, a lame duck Congress or administration had neither the time nor the mandate to tackle problems, whereas the incoming administration or Congress would have both the time, and a fresh electoral mandate, to examine and address the problems the nation faced. [6] The bill he wrote applied to both houses of Congress, the offices of President and Vice-President. . If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified. . Ratified on January 23, 1933, the Twentieth Amendment (Amendment XX) to the United States Constitution moved the beginning and ending of the terms of the president and vice president from March 4 to January 20. . [8], From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, In 1933, when the Twentieth Amendment was ratified, it was not in time to change the date of the, "Constitution of the United States: Amendments 11-27", "A Mapped History of Taking a Train Across the United States", "The Effects of the Constitution's 20th Amendment", The Constitution and the Inauguration of the President, Twentieth Amendment: Limiting Lame Duck Mischief, https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Twentieth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution&oldid=6497993, Amendments to the United States Constitution, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It moved the start and end dates for members of Congress from March 1 to January 21. It moved the start and end dates for members of Congress from March 1 to January 21. The 72nd Congress proposed the Twentieth Amendment on March 2, 1932, and the amendment was ratified by the following states. [a] It moved the start and end dates for members of Congress from March 1 to January 21. President Trump has called remote voting the “biggest risk” to his reelection. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 30, 2020. President Trump is making headlines with a morning tweet in which he questioned whether the US should consider delaying the November presidential election due to voter fraud concerns. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Section 6. Previously, voters needed to request an absentee ballot, verifying their ID in order to vote. 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