[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 36 Introduced in House (IH)]




                                     


104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 36

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
     relating to the election of the President and Vice President.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1995

Mr. Orton 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 
     relating to the election of the President and Vice President.

    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 if 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States 
within seven years after its submission to the States for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. The people of the several States and the District 
constituting the seat of government of the United States shall elect 
the President and Vice President. Each citizen eligible shall cast a 
single vote for two persons who shall have consented to the joining of 
their names as candidates for the offices of the President and Vice 
President. No candidate shall consent to the joinder of his name with 
that of more than one other person.
    ``Section 2. The citizens eligible to vote for election of 
President and Vice President in each State shall have the 
qualifications requisite for voters of the most numerous branch of the 
State legislature, except that for voters for President and Vice 
President, the legislature of any State may prescribe less restrictive 
residence qualifications and for voters for President and Vice 
President the Congress may establish uniform residence qualifications.
    ``Section 3. The pair of persons having the greatest number of 
votes for President and Vice President shall be elected.
    ``Section 4. The times, places, and manner of holding such 
elections and entitlement to inclusion on the ballot shall be 
prescribed in each State by the legislature thereof; but the Congress 
may at any time by law make or alter such regulations. The days for 
such elections shall be determined by Congress and shall be uniform 
throughout the United States. The Congress shall prescribe by law the 
time, place, and manner in which the results of such elections shall be 
ascertained and declared.
    ``Section 5. The Congress may by law provide for the case of the 
death or withdrawal of any candidate for President or Vice President 
before a President and Vice President have been elected, and for the 
case of the death of both the President-elect and Vice President-elect.
    ``Section 6. This article shall take effect one year after the 21st 
day of January following ratification.''.

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