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section 1. the terms of the president and vice president shall end at noon on the 20th day of january, and the terms of
senators and representatives at noon on the 3d day of january, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this
article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.
- from the twentieth amendment to the united states constitution, ratified 1933
the passage seen there had the biggest impact on which of these topics?
reducing "lame duck' periods in the federal government
refining the process of choosing presidential electors
linking the popular vote totals with the electoral vote totals
preventing a presidential ticket from being split by two parties