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.

Bill: 114-hjres-103
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2016-11-17
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Latest action: action_date: 2016-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-11-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Constitutional Amendment</b></p> <p>This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the President and the Vice President to be jointly elected by the direct vote of the qualified electors of the several states and territories and the District of Columbia.</p>

tv_txt: IA 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. J. RES. 103 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 17, 2016 Mr. Rangel submitted 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.

That 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 Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:  — 1. The President and Vice President shall be jointly elected by the direct vote of the qualified electors of the several States and territories and the District constituting the seat of Government of the United States. The electors in each State, territory, and the District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the legislative body where they reside. 2. Congress may determine the time, place, and manner of holding the election, the entitlement to inclusion on the ballot, and the manner in which the results of the election shall be ascertained and declared. .