A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for the direct popular election of the President and Vice President.

Summary

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the several States and the District of Columbia shall elect the President and Vice President. Requires each elector to cast a single vote for two persons who shall have consented to the joining of their names as candidates for the offices of President and Vice President. Requires the electors of President and Vice President in each State and the District to have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature, except that the legislature of any State may prescribe less restrictive residence qualifications and the Congress may establish uniform residence qualifications. Provides that the pair of persons having the greatest number of votes for President and Vice President shall be elected, if such number be at least 40 percent of the whole number of votes cast. Provides that if no pair of persons has such number, a runoff election shall be held in which the choice of President and Vice President shall be made from the two pairs of persons who received the highest number of votes. Requires the days for such elections to be determined by Congress and to be uniform throughout the United States. Requires Congress to prescribe by law the time, place, and manner in which the results for such elections shall be ascertained and declared. Allows Congress to provide for the case of the death, inability, or withdrawal of any candidate for President or Vice President before a President and Vice President have been elected, and for the case of the death of both the President-elect and Vice President-elect.

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Timeline

1. 2 February 1983

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 2 February 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 2 February 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 9 February 1983

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 2 February 1983

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Studds, Gerry E. [D-MA-10] · D · Sponsor
• · hsju00 · Standing

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