HJRES 22 · 93th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

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

Introduced 1973-01-03· Sponsored by Rep. Derwinski, Edward J. [R-IL-4]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.(1973-01-03)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Constitutional Amendment - Requires each State to choose a number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress; but no Senator or Representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States, shall be chosen an elector. Provides that the electors assigned to each State with its Senators shall be elected by the people thereof and that each of the electors elected by the people of a single-member electoral district formed by the legislature of the State. Requires electoral districts within each State to be of compact and contiguous territory containing substantially equal numbers of inhabitants, and to not be altered until another census of the United States has been taken. Provides that each candidate for the office of elector of President and Vice President shall file in writing under oath a declaration of the identity of the persons for whom he will vote for President and Vice President, which declaration shall be binding upon any successor to his office. Requires the voters in each State to have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most…

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