Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for the direct popular election of the President and Vice President of the United States.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the several States and the District constituting the seat of government of the United States shall elect the President and Vice President. Provides that each elector shall cast a single vote for two persons who shall have consented to the joining of their names as candidates for the offices of President and Vice President. Provides that no candidate shall consent to the joinder of his name with that of more than one other person. Requires the electors of President and Vice President in each State to have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature, except that for electors of President and Vice President, the legislature of any State may prescribe less restrictive residence qualifications for electors of President and Vice President. Permits the Congress to establish uniform residence qualifications. Provides that the person joined as candidates for President and Vice President having the greatest number of votes shall be elected President and Vice President, if such number be at least 40 percent of the total number of votes cast and if none of the persons joined as candidates …