Amendment 12: Separated balloting procedures for president and vice-president

The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate; -- the President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted; -- The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. [And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. --]* The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.

This very long amendment covers the process of the election of the President of the United States as well as the Vice President. This puts two separate ballots for each to prevent anything like a party mis-match or a tie from happening. This is important for the process of our presidential election because they need to be of matching parties for effective work, and it also prevents encouragement of states to vote for electees from their own state. In the end the party with the most votes win and we the overall election process;s integrity is maintained.

This video overs the Election of 1796 and 1800 which resulted in a mismatch of parties and a tie in which the House had to select the President. This amendment really eliminated any of these situations from happening again by casting one vote for President and one for Vice President. The video does a really good job of explaining how electoral colleges work currently since this amendment can get a bit confusing. 

Going further into electoral colleges and if your vote really does count with this system in place. There are a ton of factors that go into the actual election of the president and the electoral college votes play a huge roll. The majority vote does count toward the election, but ultimately the state is won or lost. Your vote does play a roll in the representatives for your state, which in turn lead to the election of the president.