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SJRES 16 116th 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 election of the President and Vice President of the United States.

Introduced: March 28, 2019 Introduced by: Merkley, Jeff Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Mar 28, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 28, 2019
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Constitutional Amendment

This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the President and Vice President to be jointly elected directly by the people of the states and the District of Columbia over the age of 18.

What's happening now March 28, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2