[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 263 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 263

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
  provide for a runoff election if no candidate receives more than 50 
                percent of the popular vote nationally.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 1993

    Mr. Duncan introduced the following joint resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
  provide for a runoff election if no candidate receives more than 50 
                percent of the popular vote nationally.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be 
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States 
within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. The Chief Justice of the United States shall declare 
that a runoff election is necessary if no candidates for President and 
Vice President of the United States receive more than 50 percent of the 
popular vote cast for President and Vice President nationally at the 
general election.
    ``Section 2. If the Chief Justice of the United States declares 
that a runoff election is necessary, the electors of President and Vice 
President of the United States shall be appointed based on the popular 
vote cast at a runoff election in each State and the District 
constituting the seat of Government of the United States.
    ``Section 3. The runoff election shall be between the candidates 
who receive the greatest number of popular votes cast for President and 
Vice President nationally at the general election and the candidates 
who receive the second greatest number of popular votes cast for 
President and Vice President nationally at the general election and 
shall be held 14 calendar days after the date on which the general 
election is held.
    ``Section 4. In both a general election and a runoff election, each 
vote shall be cast for two persons who have consented to the joining of 
their names on the ballot as candidates for President and Vice 
President. No candidate shall consent to the joining of his or her name 
with the name of more than one other person.''.

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