A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for election of the President and Vice President of the United States by the national bonus plan.

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Introduced

14 March 1979

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Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

Summary

Constitutional Amendment - States that the President shall be elected by a majority of all electoral votes for President, and the Vice President by a majority of all electoral votes for Vice President. Allocates to each State one electoral vote for each member of the House and Senate from such State to be allocated by State to the candidates who receive the most popular votes for each office in each State. Stipulates that there shall be a national pool of electoral votes to be allocated to the candidates who win the most popular votes across the nation for each office.

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summary · EN · 14 March 1979
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/48
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