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S.J.Res. 41 (114th): 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.

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The text of the resolution below is as of Nov 15, 2016 (Introduced). The resolution was not adopted.

Summary of this resolution

Donald Trump won the presidency with a 306 to 232 Electoral College advantage, or 56.8% of the electoral votes. Yet Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by a margin currently tallied at more than 2.3 million votes, or50.9 percent of the two-party vote. This is the second time in five presidential election this has occurred, with the infamous 2000 recount giving George W. Bush the presidency despite Al Gore winning 50.2 percent of the two-party vote.

A proposal introduced by retiring Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) would end the Electoral College and determine the president by a straight popular vote.

What the proposal does

Boxer is proposing a …

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114th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. J. RES. 41

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

November 15, 2016

(for herself and Mrs. Feinstein) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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.

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 within seven years after the date of its submission by the Congress:

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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 constituting the seat of Government of the United States. The electors in each State, territory, and the District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the legislative body where they reside.

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Congress may determine the time, place, and manner of holding the election, the entitlement to inclusion on the ballot, and the manner in which the results of the election shall be ascertained and declared.

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