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intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several 
States: 
‘‘ARTICLE— 
‘‘SECTION 1. In addition to the Senators from each 
of the several States, the Senate of the United States shall 
be composed of twelve Senators at-large, who shall be 
elected by the People of the United States for six years, 
and each Senator at-large shall have one vote. Senators 
at-large shall meet the same age and citizenship require-
ments as the Senators from each of the several States. 
‘‘SECTION 2. Senators at-large shall be elected using 
a national popular vote, under which each eligible elector 
may vote for one candidate for each seat that is up for 
election. Seats of the Senators at-large shall be divided 
equally among the three Classes of Senate seats, so that 
one-third may be chosen every second year. The first elec-
tion of Senators at-large shall occur no later than the sec-
ond regularly scheduled general election for Federal office 
following the date of the ratification of this article, in 
which one-third of the seats of Senators at-large shall be 
up for election. 
‘‘SECTION 3. Within thirty days of the seat of a Sen-
ator at-large becoming vacant, the executive authority of 
the State in which the departing Senator at-large resided 
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when last elected or appointed to such seat shall fill the 
vacancy by appointing a Senator at-large of the same po-
litical party, or a political party of a different name if af-
filiated with the same political party at the State level, 
as the departing incumbent. If the seat is not up for elec-
tion at the next regularly scheduled general election for 
Federal office that occurs following a period of delay that 
Congress shall by law provide, a special election shall be 
held to determine who shall serve the remainder of the 
term. Such special election shall coincide with such general 
election. 
‘‘SECTION 4. An eligible elector shall include any 
United States citizen who is eighteen years of age or older; 
who has registered to vote by the deadline of the citizen’s 
State of residence; and who otherwise meets the eligibility 
requirements, as set by the citizen’s State of residence, 
for voting in a general election for Federal office. 
‘‘SECTION 5. The election of Senators at-large shall 
be administered by each of the several States, but Con-
gress shall by law provide the procedures for such election. 
Each State shall submit a tabulation of all ballots cast 
within its jurisdiction to such Federal entity as Congress 
shall by law provide, which shall collect and count the tab-
ulations and announce the winners. 
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‘‘SECTION 6. References in this article to the States 
and the electors thereof shall apply in the same manner 
to United States territories and the electors thereof and 
to the District constituting the seat of Government of the 
United States and the electors thereof. 
‘‘SECTION 7. In addition to the Electors for President 
and Vice President appointed by each of the several 
States, there shall be twelve Electors at-large, who shall 
be appointed in such manner as Congress shall by law pro-
vide. Electors at-large shall hold the same powers and du-
ties of Electors for President and Vice President, except 
that Electors at-large shall meet in the District consti-
tuting the seat of Government of the United States, where 
they shall cast their ballots for the presidential and vice- 
presidential candidates having received the greatest num-
ber of votes cast by citizens of the United States. Electors 
at-large shall be included in determining the whole number 
of Electors appointed for the purposes of the twelfth arti-
cle of amendment. 
‘‘SECTION 8. Congress shall have power to enforce 
this article by appropriate legislation.’’. 
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