[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 17 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 17

  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

                             April 2, 2019

     Mr. Schatz (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mrs. 
 Gillibrand) 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 
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, the territories, and the district 
constituting the seat of government of the United States.
    ``Section 2. 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 populous 
branch of the legislature of the State, territory, or the district, 
respectively.
    ``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.
    ``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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