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SJRES 41 114th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Constitution and constitutional amendments Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

A 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…

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A 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.

Introduced: November 15, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Nov 15, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 15, 2016
Introduced in Senate
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Constitutional Amendment

The President and Vice President shall be jointly elected by the direct vote of the qualified electors of the several states and territories and the District of Columbia.

What's happening now November 15, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Nov 16, 2016
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S.J. Res. 41: A 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.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-SJRES-41/
MLA
"S.J. Res. 41: A 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.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-SJRES-41/.
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S.J. Res. 41, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-SJRES-41/.
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[S.J. Res. 41: A 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-SJRES-41/)
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