[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 11 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. J. RES. 11
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.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 16, 2005
Mrs. Feinstein introduced the following joint resolution; which was
read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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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 (two-thirds of each House
concurring therein), 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 to the States for
ratification:
``Article--
``Section 1. The President and Vice President shall be elected by
the people of the several States and the district constituting the seat
of government of the United States. The persons having the greatest
number of votes for President and Vice President shall be elected.
``Section 2. The voters in each State shall have the qualifications
requisite for electors of 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. Congress may establish
qualifications for voters in the district constituting the seat of
government of the United States.
``Section 3. Congress may determine the time, place, and manner of
holding the election, and the entitlement to inclusion on the ballot.
Congress shall prescribe by law the time, place, and manner in which
the results of the election shall be ascertained and declared.
``Section 4. Each voter shall cast a single vote jointly applicable
to President and Vice President in any such election. Names of
candidates shall not be joined unless both candidates have consented
thereto, and no candidate shall consent to being joined with more than
one other person.
``Section 5. 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 the Vice President-elect has been chosen,
and for the case of a tie in any such election.
``Section 6. This article shall take effect one year after the
twenty-first day of January following ratification.''.
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