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

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:  —

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.

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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