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It was inevitable that the defects of the above electoral design materialize into discord, as the electors began to partition the voting. They ignored the requisite that called for two indiscriminately votes and choose to pre-select which candidate they wanted to serve as President and VP, by giving their preference for either position a respective vote for that office. The outcome was a poltical debacle of sorts, in which two separate elections were breeding a disparate caliber of candidates, winners, and runner-ups. The result of which in 1776, a President (Adams) and VP (Jefferson) from opposing parties, created a constitutional crisis that would lead to the 12th amendment and election reforms. The uproar called such election outcomes, iniquitous and unconstitutional, since it gave the minor party the possibility "through the office of VP--to ascend to the Presidency and attain "the power of electing a VP, the possible successor to the Presidency; [the constitution's] purpose was that the election of the President and VP should be determined by the fair expression of the public will by a majority."" Electoral pandemonium propelled debates restructuring the selection of Vice President, in time for the next election in 1804. John Randolph of Roanoke, in 1803, led the radical call for the elimination of VP, by pointing out the absurdity of the election process. One of the concerns Randolph raised was inferred in the following way "the electors give their votes under the knowledge that in certain contingencies the person they select for Vice President will be the President; how then can it be pretended that the man not intended to be president may succeed to the office."" Nevertheless, the VP was not abolished but the 12th amendment was adopted and altered the selection process as printed: .
