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, the District constituting the seat of government of the United States, and the Virgin Islands and Guam shall elect the President and Vice President. Requires each elector to cast a single vote for two person who shall have consented to the joining of their names as candidates for the offices of President and Vice President. 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 and for electors of President and Vice President the Congress may establish uniform residence qualifications. Provides that the pair of person having the greatest number of votes for President and Vice President shall be elected, if such number be at least 40 percent of the whole number of votes cast for such offices. Provides that, if no pair of person has such number, a runoff election shall be held in which the choice of President and Vice President shall be made from the two …