IA 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. J. RES. 102 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish 
the electoral college and to provide for the direct popular election of 
the President and Vice President of the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2016 
Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. VELA, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. HUFFMAN, 
Mr. COHEN, Mr. SWALWELL
of California, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. 
BROWNLEY of California, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. TED LIEU of 
California, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SERRANO, and Mr. ELLISON) sub-
mitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States to abolish the electoral college and to provide 
for the direct popular election of the President and Vice 
President of the United States. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Every Vote 
Counts Amendment’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. 
The following article is proposed as an amendment 
to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be 
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitu-
tion when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of 
the several States within seven years after the date of its 
submission for ratification: 
‘‘ARTICLE — 
‘‘SECTION 1. The President and Vice President shall 
be elected by the people of the several States and the dis-
trict constituting the seat of government of the United 
States. 
‘‘SECTION 2. The electors in each State shall have 
the qualifications requisite for electors of Senators and 
Representatives in Congress from that State, except that 
the legislature of any State may prescribe less restrictive 
qualifications with respect to residence and Congress may 
establish uniform residence and age qualifications. 
‘‘SECTION 3. The persons having the greatest number 
of votes for President and Vice President shall be elected. 
‘‘SECTION 4. Each elector shall cast a single vote 
jointly applicable to President and Vice President. Names 
of candidates may not be joined unless they shall have con-
sented thereto and no candidate may consent to the can-
didate’s name being joined with that of more than one 
other person. 
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‘‘SECTION 5. The Congress may by law provide for 
the case of the death of any candidate for President or 
Vice President before the day on which the President-elect 
or Vice President-elect has been chosen, and for the case 
of a tie in any election. 
‘‘SECTION 6. This article shall apply with respect to 
any election for President and Vice President held after 
the expiration of the 1-year period which begins on the 
date of the ratification of this article.’’. 
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