[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 36 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 36

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
 abolish the Electoral College and provide for the direct election of 
the President and Vice President by the popular vote of all citizens of 
          the United States regardless of place of residence.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 3, 2009

  Mr. Jackson of Illinois 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 provide for the direct election of 
the President and Vice President by the popular vote of all citizens of 
          the United States regardless of place of residence.

    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 
jointly by the direct vote of the citizens of the United States, 
without regard to whether the citizens are residents of a State.
    ``Section 2. The persons having the greatest number of votes for 
President and Vice President shall be elected, so long as such persons 
have a majority of the votes cast.''.
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