A 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.

This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would end the electoral college and have the President and Vice President elected directly by the people of the states and Washington, D.C. Each voter would cast one vote for a pair of candidates running together for President and Vice President, and the pair with the most votes would win. Congress could pass laws to handle a tie or the death or disqualification of a candidate before the winners are chosen. The amendment would need approval by two-thirds of each house of Congress and ratification by three-fourths of the state legislatures, and it would take effect one year after the first January 1 following ratification.

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Sponsors

• Brian Schatz Democrat sponsor
• 2 cosponsors