,,ia  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 ,j4 ,,res4 #ag  ,,in ,,the ,,senate 
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #b1
 #bjai,mr4 ,schatz 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,durbin1 ,mrs4 ,feinstein1 and ,mrs4    
,gillibrand7 introduced the following   
joint resolution2 which was read twice  
and referred to the ,committee on the   
,judiciary  ,,joint ,,resolution        
,proposing an amendment to the          
,constitution of the ,united ,states to 
abolish the electoral college and to    
provide for the direct election of the  
,president and ,vice ,president of the  
,united ,states4  ,that the following   
article is proposed as an amendment to  
the ,constitution of the ,united        
,states1 which shall be valid to all    
intents and purposes as part of the     
,constitution when ratified by the      
legislatures of three-fourths of the    
several ,states within seven years after
 the date of its submission for         
ratification3   --  #a4 ,the ,president 
and ,vice ,president shall be elected by

 the people of the several ,states1 the 
territories1 and the district           
constituting the seat of government of  
the ,united ,states4  #b4 ,the electors 
in each ,state1 territory1 and the      
district constituting the seat of       
government of the ,united ,states shall 
have the qualifications requisite for   
electors of the most populous branch of 
the legislature of the ,state1          
territory1 or the district1             
respectively4  #c4 ,each elector shall  
cast a single vote for two persons who  
have consented to the joining of their  
names as candidates for ,president and  
,vice ,president4  #d4 ,the pair of     
candidates having the greatest number of
 votes for ,president and ,vice         
,president shall be elected4  #e4 ,the  
times1 places1 and manner of holding    
such elections and entitlement to       
inclusion on the ballot shall be        
determined by ,congress4  #f4 ,the      
,congress may by law provide for the    
case of the death or any other          

disqualification of any candidate for   
,president or ,vice ,president before   
the day on which the ,president-elect or
 ,vice ,president-elect has been chosen2
 and for the case of a tie in any       
election4  #g4 ,this article shall take 
effect one year after the first day of  
,january following ratification4  4