HJRES 37 · 94th Congress · Government Operations and Politics
Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the nomination of individuals for election to the Offices of the President and Vice President of the United States.
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Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.(1975-01-15)
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Constitutional Amendment - Provides for the nomination of Presidential candidates by direct popular vote at a primary election. Requires that no person shall be a candidate for nomination for President except in the primary of the party of his registered affiliation, and his name shall be on that party's ballot in all the States if he shall have filed a petition at the seat of the Government of the United States with the President of the Senate. States that for the purposes of this article a political party shall be recognized as such if the electors for candidates for President and Vice President of such party received, in any or all of the several States, an aggregate number of votes, equal in number to at least 10 percent of the total number of votes cast throughout the United States for all electors for candidates for President and Vice President in the most recent previous Presidential election. Sets forth procedures governing the primary elections in each State. Provides that the person who shall have received the greatest number of votes cast by the voters of the party of his registered affiliation shall be the official candidate of such party for President throughout the Un…
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