SJRES218Referred to Committee
A 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 States.
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2026-09-29
Introduced
2
Cosponsors
SJRES
ⓘType
Sponsor
Brian Schatz
Democrat · HI · Senator
Votes with party: 85.1% (904 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/S001194
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Cosponsors (2)
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- Senate Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2026-09-29
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S.J. Res. 218 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. J. RES. 218 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 States. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 29, 2026 Mr. Schatz (for himself, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Welch) introduced the following joint resolution; 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 States. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, 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: ``Article-- ``Section 1. The President and Vice President shall be elected by the people of the several States and the district constituting the seat of government of the United States. ``Section 2. Each voter shall cast a single vote for two persons who have consented to the joining of their names as candidates for President and Vice President. ``Section 3. The pair of candidates having the greatest number of votes for President and Vice President shall be elected. ``Section 4. 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 chosen, and for the case of a tie in any election. ``Section 5. This article shall take effect one year after the first day of January following ratification.''. <all>
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