II.  The Electors must make and sign three certificates of all the votes by them given for President and Vice-President, annexing to each a certificate of the Electors furnished by the authority of the Executive.

III.  These certificates must be sealed, certifying, on the outside of each, that there is contained therein a list of the votes of such State for President and Vice-President.

IV.  A person duly appointed by the Electors, or a majority of them, must take charge of and deliver one of these certificates to the President of the Senate, at the seat of government

V. The second certificate must be forwarded through the mails to the President of the Senate, at the seat of government.

VI.  The third certificate must be delivered to the Judge of the District Court in which the electors assemble.

Opening and counting the electoral votes.

Q. When and by whom must these certificates be opened?

A. On the second Wednesday in February the President of the Senate, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, must open these certificates, and the votes must then be counted.  The person having the greatest number of votes, if that number be a majority, shall be the President; and the person having the greatest number of votes for Vice-President, if that number be a majority, shall be the Vice-President

Q. Who must count the votes?

A. Tellers appointed for that purpose by the House and Senate.

Q. In case neither candidate for the presidency has a majority of all the electoral votes cast, what must be done?

A. The election goes to the House of Representatives.

Election by the house of representatives.

Q. How does this election take place?

A. I. Two-thirds of the States must be represented to constitute a quorum.

II.  The candidates must be those already voted for, and must be confined to those receiving the highest number, not exceeding three.

III.  Each State is entitled to only one vote:  and it will be cast according to the wishes of a majority of the members in the House from that State.  If, for instance, a State has fifteen members, eight belonging to one party and seven to another; the eight, being a majority, will, if agreed, cast the one vote, the minority having no voice in the election.  Should there be an even number of members from any State, and should they be equally divided between two candidates, there might be one-half of a vote for each candidate.

Q, In case of a failure on the part of the House of Representatives to elect a President before the fourth of March, what then?

A. The Vice-President must act as President.

Election of Vice-president by the Senate.