A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to establish a new procedure for the election of the President and Vice President.

Summary

Constitutional Amendment - Requires an election for President and Vice President to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November immediately preceding the January in which the current term of office for the President and Vice President ends, unless Congress, by law, prescribes a different day. Requires the electors of President and Vice President in a State or in the District constituting the seat of government of the United States to have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature, except that for electors of President and Vice President, the legislature of any State may prescribe less restrictive residence qualifications and for electors of President and Vice President the Congress may establish uniform residence qualifications. Requires each candidate for the office of President to be paired with a candidate for the office of Vice President. Prohibits any candidate from being paired with more than one other person. Requires each elector to cast a single vote for two persons who are paired as candidates for the offices of President and Vice President. Requires the popular votes cast in such election to be tabulated in accordance with procedures which the Congress shall establish by law. Directs the chief election official in each State and the District constituting the seat of government of the United States to make and transmit to Congress a list of the pairs of candidates voted for President and Vice President in each State and the number of votes cast for each pair. Requires each State to establish by law a number of districts equal to the number of Representatives to which each State is entitled. Declares that for each district established, the pair of candidates receiving the higher number of popular votes in that district shall receive one electoral vote. Declares that for each State and the District constituting the seat of government of the United States, the pair of candidates receiving the higher number of popular votes shall receive two popular votes. Directs that the pair of candidates receiving the majority of the electoral votes shall become President and Vice President. Directs Congress to assemble in special session, if after any such election, no Presidential candidacy receives a majority of the vote. Requires the Senate and the House of Representatives sitting in joint session to choose, from the three pairs of persons joined as candidates who received the highest number of electoral votes cast in the election, one such pair by ballot. Requires Congress to provide for the case of death, disability, or withdrawal of any candidate on or before the date of the election.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 18 January 1979

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