legislation: 95-hjres-312
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| 95-hjres-312 | 95 | hjres | 312 | Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to establish a new procedure for the election of the President and Vice President. | Constitutional amendments | 1977-03-09 | 1977-03-09 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Weaver, James H. [D-OR-4] | OR | D | W000227 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Revises constitutional procedures for the election of the President and Vice President to (1) abolish the office of elector, (2) require each candidate for President to be paired with a candidate for Vice President, (3) direct that a State's electoral votes be cast for the pair of candidates receiving a plurality of popular votes, (4) determine the President and Vice President, if no pair of candidates receives a majority of electoral votes, through an election in the House of Representatives with each member having one vote, and (5) authorize Congress to provide for the case of death, disability, or withdrawal of a Presidential candidate, Vice Presidential candidate, President-elect, or Vice President-elect. | 2024-08-01T19:57:00Z |