A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for the direct election of the President and the Vice President and to authorize Congress to establish procedures relating to the nomination of presidential and vice-presidential candidates.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the several States and the District of Columbia shall elect the President and Vice President. Requires each voter to 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. Requires that if a Presidential candidacy receives a plurality of at least 40 percent of the votes cast, such candidacy shall become the President and the Vice President elect. Requires the election to be held on a day which is uniform throughout the United States. Directs Congress to assemble in special session on the first Monday of December if, after any such election, no Presidential candidacy receives 40 percent of the vote. Requires the Senate and the House of Representatives sitting in joint session to choose immediately, from the two pairs of persons joined as candidates who received the highest number of votes cast in the election, one such pair by ballot. Directs that the law of each State shall govern within such State as to any matter with respect to which the Congress is granted legislative power under this Amendment as long as not inconsistent with …