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

Summary

Constitutional Amendment - Repeals the twelfth and twenty-third amendments to the Constitution. Provides that the President and Vice President shall be chosen by electors from the States and the District of Columbia. Provides that: (1) each elector shall vote for a single presidential-vice presidential slate; (2) no person constitutionally ineligible to be President shall be eligible to be Vice President; and (3) the electors shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature. States that the two persons joined as candidates for President and Vice President having the greatest number of votes shall win, provided such number is at least 40 percent of the total number of votes cast. Stipulates that if no such candidates have at least 40 percent of the total vote, a runoff election shall be held between the two pairs of candidates who received the highest number of votes. States that in the event of death, failure to qualify, or withdrawal of both the President-elect and the Vice President-elect, the House of Representatives shall elect a President and the Senate shall elect a Vice President. Stipulates that if the House is unable to elect a President by a specified date, a special election shall be held to elect a President.

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Timeline

1. 2 July 1980

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 2 July 1980

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 2 July 1980

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 2 July 1980

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-2] · R · Sponsor
• · hsju00 · Standing

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