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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the process by which the House of Representatives chooses the President of the United States in the event no candidate…

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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the process by which the House of Representatives chooses the President of the United States in the event no candidate receives a majority of the electoral votes.

Introduced: November 18, 2004 Introduced by: Sherman, Brad Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that whenever the right to choose the President devolves upon the House of Representatives, the Members of the House shall cast votes on an individual basis, and the candidate receiving the greatest number of votes cast by the Members shall be the President so long as such number is a majority of the votes cast.

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 113: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the process by which the House of Representatives chooses the President of the United States in the event no candidate receives a majority of the electoral votes.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HJRES-113/
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"H.J. Res. 113: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the process by which the House of Representatives chooses the President of the United States in the event no candidate receives a majority of the electoral votes.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HJRES-113/.
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H.J. Res. 113, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HJRES-113/.
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[H.J. Res. 113: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the process by which the House of Representatives chooses the President of the United States in the event no candidate receives a majority of the electoral votes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HJRES-113/)
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