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Elections constitution
Article I, Section 2: The House of Representatives Section 2 sets up the House: two-year terms, members chosen by the people, the census, apportionment, vacancies, the Speaker and the impeachment power. Article I, Section 4: The Elections Clause Section 4 lets each state legislature run congressional elections while giving Congress power to step in, and sets an annual meeting of Congress. Article II, Section 1: The Executive Power and the Electoral College Section 1 vests the executive power in a President, sets a four-year term, creates the Electoral College, and fixes qualifications, succession and the oath. Article IV, Section 4: The Guarantee Clause Section 4 guarantees every state a republican form of government and promises federal protection against invasion and, on request, domestic violence. The Fifteenth Amendment: Voting Rights Regardless of Race The Fifteenth Amendment bars the United States and the states from denying the vote on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude. The Nineteenth Amendment: Women's Right to Vote The Nineteenth Amendment prohibits the United States and the states from denying or abridging the right to vote on account of sex. The Twelfth Amendment: Electing the President and Vice President The Twelfth Amendment has electors cast separate ballots for President and Vice President and sets the contingent procedures when no one has a majority. The Twentieth Amendment: The Lame Duck Amendment The Twentieth Amendment moved the start of presidential and congressional terms to January and set rules for when a President-elect dies or fails to qualify. The Twenty-fourth Amendment: Abolition of the Poll Tax The Twenty-fourth Amendment bars poll taxes and other taxes as a condition of voting in federal elections. The Twenty-sixth Amendment: The Voting Age of Eighteen The Twenty-sixth Amendment bars the United States and the states from denying the vote to citizens aged eighteen or older on account of age. The Twenty-third Amendment: Electors for the District of Columbia The Twenty-third Amendment gives the District of Columbia presidential electors, no more than the least populous state has, but no vote in Congress.