legislation: 102-hjres-557
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| 102-hjres-557 | 102 | hjres | 557 | Proposing and amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for direct popular elections of the President and the Vice President, establishing a day for elections for the offices of the President, the Vice President, Senator, and Representative, and providing for primaries to nominate candidates for the offices 1 month before the elections. | Government Operations and Politics | 1992-10-01 | 1992-10-01 | Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary. | House | Rep. Jacobs, Andrew, Jr. [D-IN-10] | IN | D | J000033 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Directs the Congress to provide by law for: (1) national primaries to nominate candidates for President and Vice President, which shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in September of the years preceding the years in which the terms of the President and the Vice President begin; (2) national elections of the President and the Vice President, which shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in October of national primary years; (3) primaries in which the electors in a State who have the qualifications for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature nominate candidates for the Senate, which shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in September of the years preceding the years in which a Senator's term expires; (4) Senate elections for the vacating seat, which shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in October of primary years; (5) primaries in which the electors in a congressional district of a State who have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature, or in a State whose Representatives are elected at large, nominate candidates for Representative to represent the district in the Congress, which shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in September of the years preceding the years in which the terms of Representatives begin; and (6) elections for Representatives, which shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in October of primary years. | 2021-06-02T14:04:05Z |