[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 4 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 4

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
  abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct popular 
   election of the President and Vice President of the United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 8, 2009

Mr. Nelson of Florida introduced the following joint resolution; which 
     was read twice and 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 popular 
   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 by the Congress:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. The President and Vice President shall be jointly 
elected by the direct vote of the qualified electors of the several 
States and territories and the District constituting the seat of 
Government of the United States. The electors in each State, territory, 
and the District constituting the seat of Government of the United 
States shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most 
numerous branch of the legislative body where they reside.
    ``Section 2. Congress may determine the time, place, and manner of 
holding the election, the entitlement to inclusion on the ballot, and 
the manner in which the results of the election shall be ascertained 
and declared.''.
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