HJRES 225 · 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.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.(1973-01-23)
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Constitutional Amendment - Provides that each State shall 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. Specifies that the electors assigned to each State with its Senators shall be elected by the people thereof, and that each of the electors apportioned with its Representatives shall be elected by the people of a single-member electoral district formed by the legislature of the State. Requies each candidate for the office of elector of President and Vice President to 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. States that the electors shall meet in their respective States, fill any vacancies in their number as directed by the State legislature, and vote by signed ballot for President and Vice President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves. Provides that they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted f…
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