Meh, Madison gets far too much credit for influencing the Constitution. Why doesn't anyone ever talk about George Mason, Roger Sherman, Gouverneur Morris, Oliver Ellsworth? Madison pretty much only got his fame because he kept notes and they were published. Definitely a brilliant, important Founder, but the Constitution was a group project.

Problem is that this issue is still an unresolved Constitutional question. Adams and Jefferson both took it upon themselves to interpret the text as giving the President of the Senate (sitting VP) the sole discretion of determining the legitimacy of the forms submitted to Congress, and "counting" them. Nobody really questioned them at the time... although that failure allowed Jefferson in part, to essentially steal the election of 1800.

Will this issue ever be resolved? An amendment to the Constitution to clarify the text would be prudent. But that would require the body of legislators to give a shit about doing something intelligent 🙄

Meh, Madison gets far too much credit for influencing the Constitution. Why doesn't anyone ever talk about George Mason, Roger Sherman, Gouverneur Morris, Oliver Ellsworth? Madison pretty much only got his fame because he kept notes and they were published. Definitely a brilliant, important Founder, but the Constitution was a group project.

Problem is that this issue is still an unresolved Constitutional question. Adams and Jefferson both took it upon themselves to interpret the text as giving the President of the Senate (sitting VP) the sole discretion of determining the legitimacy of the forms submitted to Congress, and "counting" them. Nobody really questioned them at the time... although that failure allowed Jefferson in part, to essentially steal the election of 1800.

Will this issue ever be resolved? An amendment to the Constitution to clarify the text would be prudent. But that would require the body of legislators tongice a shit about doing something intelligent 🙄