[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 16 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 16

  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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 28, 2019

 Mr. Merkley 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 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:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. The President and Vice President shall be jointly 
elected by the direct popular vote of the people of the several States 
and the District constituting the seat of Government of the United 
States who are over the age of 18.
    ``Section 2. Congress shall determine the time, place, and manner 
of holding the election, and the manner in which the results of the 
election shall be ascertained and declared, and shall establish one day 
throughout the United States by which any period of voting shall be 
complete and during which any eligible voter may cast a vote.
    ``Section 3. Congress shall have the power to enforce this article 
by appropriate legislation.''.
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