S 1789 · 106th Congress · Government Operations and Politics
Regional Presidential Selection Act of 1999
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EnactedLatest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.(1999-10-26)
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Regional Presidential Selection Act of 1999 - Divides the United States into five regions of specified States (including the District of Columbia) to provide for regional primary elections, according to a specified order, or caucuses to select delegates to political party presidential national nominating conventions. Requires: (1) the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to certify to the States in the relevant region the names of all seriously considered candidates of each political party; and (2) each State to include on its primary ballot the names certified by the FEC and any other names determined by the appropriate State committee. Directs each State committee to establish a procedure for the apportionment of delegates to the national conventions of each political party based on either the winner-take-all or the proportionate preference method. Prescribes delegate selection and voting at the national conventions.…
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