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=__Election of 1800__= John adams hoped to win reelection in 1800 but he faced an uphill battle, and the [|Alien and Sedition Acts] had angered many people along with new taxes on house land and enslaved africans. The Republican nominees were Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, Jefferson was running for President and Burr for vice president.i <3<3<3<3 longhurst alot.........

__A Flaw in the system__
The Election was very close and it revealed a flaw in the system for selecting the President. The system did not let citizens vote directly for the President instead they voted for a representative in the [|Electoral College], then they would vote for the president. To get past the flaw they made each representative to vote for a president and also a vice president to avoid a tie between the two. The Federalist-controlled House of Representatives had to choose a president because each of them Jefferson and Burr had 73 votes.



The Election also led to the [|Twelfth Amendment] in 1804, providing for separate ballots for the president and vice president.