[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 112 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 112

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
abolish the Electoral College and to provide for the direct election of 
         the President and Vice President of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 18, 2004

   Ms. Lofgren 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 
abolish the Electoral College and to provide for the direct election of 
         the President and Vice President of the United States.

    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 President and Vice President shall be elected by 
the people of the several States and the district constituting the seat 
of government of the United States.
    ``Section 2. The electors in each State shall have the 
qualifications requisite for electors of the most populous branch of 
the legislature of the State; although Congress may establish uniform 
age qualifications.
    ``Section 3. Each elector shall cast a single vote for two persons 
who have consented to the joining of their names as candidates for 
President and Vice President. No elector shall be prohibited from 
casting a vote for a candidate for President or Vice President because 
either candidate, or both, are inhabitants of the same State as the 
elector.
    ``Section 4. The pair of candidates having the greatest number of 
votes for President and Vice President shall be elected.
    ``Section 5. The times, places, and manner of holding such 
elections and entitlement to inclusion on the ballot shall be 
determined by Congress.
    ``Section 6. The Congress may by law provide for the case of the 
death or any other disqualification of any candidate for President or 
Vice President before the day on which the President-elect or Vice 
President-elect has been chosen; and for the case of a tie in any 
election.
    ``Section 7. This article shall take effect one year after the 
first day of January following ratification.''.
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