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Why hadn’t the framers of the constitution anticipate the problems encountered in the election of 1800

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The extremely partisan and outright nasty campaign failed to provide a clear winner because of a constitutional quirk. Presidential electors were required to vote for two people for the offices of president and vice-president. The individual receiving the highest number of votes would become president.

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Tally of Electoral Votes for the 1800 Presidential Election.

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Because the Constitution did not distinguish between President and Vice-President in the votes cast by each state's electors in the Electoral College, both Jefferson and his running mate Aaron Burr received 73 votes.

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