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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.J. Res. 218 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 218

  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.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 1, 2026

Mr. Cohen submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            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.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein),
    That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents 
and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the 
legislatures of three-fourths of the several States:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. The President and Vice President shall be elected by 
the people of the several States and the district constituting the seat 
of government of the United States.
    ``Section 2. Each voter shall cast a single vote for two persons 
who have consented to the joining of their names as candidates for 
President and Vice President.
    ``Section 3. The pair of candidates having the greatest number of 
votes for President and Vice President shall be elected.
    ``Section 4. The Congress may by law provide for the case of the 
death or any other disqualification of any candidate for President or 
Vice President before the day on which the President-elect or Vice 
President-elect has been chosen, and for the case of a tie in any 
election.
    ``Section 5. This article shall take effect one year after the 
first day of January following ratification.''.
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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.

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