PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION REFORM
Salvaging the Original Intentions of the Founding Fathers
through Modern Electronic Technology
SUGGESTED AMENDMENT
Section 1.
The President and Vice-President of the United States shall be elected by the people. In addition to the qualifications stated in Article Two of this Constitution, candidates for these offices must pass a written examination. Those who pass the exam will participate in a series of electronically broadcast elimination debates. Following each set of debates there will be a period during which votes will be cast and recorded electronically. All candidates will be eliminated in this manner until two remain. A final post-debate vote will be taken to determine by the greatest number who will be President, the Vice-President to be determined by the lesser number.
If a tie occurs, a one hour debate will be held, followed by a second period of voting electronically. If a second tie occurs, the election will be taken by the House of Representatives wherein votes will be cast for one or the other of these two candidates. This vote shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. If no such majority is achieved prior to the 20th day of January, the provisions of Section 3 of the Twentieth Amendment shall take effect until such a majority is reached. The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, announce the results of the determinative vote.
The incumbent President and Vice-president at the time this Amendment is implemented will not be required to take the written examination, but they will be required to participate in the debates at the appropriate time to seek reelection. The Congress shall have power to enforce this Amendment by appropriate legislation.
Section 2.
Paragraphs two and three, Section 1, of Article Two to this Constitution, and the Twelfth Amendment to this Constitution are hereby repealed1.
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1. These parts of the Constitution establish the electoral college; hence, this new Amendment would abolish the electoral college.
TOP ABOUT THE AUTHOR INTRODUCTION THE NEW ELECTION GAME THE PRESIDENTIAL LITERACY TEST THE STATE ELECTION DEBATES THE REGIONAL RUNOFFS
THE NATIONAL NOMINATING DEBATES THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DEBATES