Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the territories of the United States to cast electoral votes in presidential elections.

Bill: 115-hjres-137
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-07-26
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Political representation

U.S. territories and protectorates
Latest action: action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-07-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Constitutional Amendment</strong></p> <p>This joint resolution states that if the population of a U.S. territory exceeds 30,000, the territory shall appoint a number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the number of Representatives to the House of Representatives to which the territory would be entitled if it were a state. Such electors shall be in addition to those appointed by the states and Washington, DC. Such electors shall perform such duties as provided by the 12th Amendment to the Constitution.</p>

tv_txt: IA 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. J. RES. 137 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 26, 2018 Ms. Bordallo 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 authorizing the territories of the United States to cast electoral votes in presidential elections.

That the following article is hereby 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:  — 1. If the number of persons in a territory of the United States exceeds thirty thousand, the territory shall appoint, in such manner as its territorial legislature may direct, a number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Representatives to the House of Representatives to which such territory would be entitled if it were a State. Such electors shall be in addition to those appointed by the States and the District of Columbia, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State. Such electors shall meet in the territory in which they were appointed and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment. 2. Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. .