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.
Replaces the Electoral College with a direct vote for President and Vice President.
In the House Judiciary Committee since Oct. 1, 2026, 7 days after it was introduced. Most bills never leave committee.
- INTRODUCEDINTROOCT 1, 2026
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What the bill would do, and why it matters
The Electoral College is the constitutional system for choosing the President and Vice President. This amendment would replace it with a direct vote for a paired presidential and vice-presidential ticket. The ticket with the most votes would win, subject to the amendment’s ratification and effective-date rules.
- INTRODUCED ONLY This bill has been introduced and possibly referred to a committee, but it has not passed any vote. Most introduced bills never become law — they die in committee without a hearing.
- DATA NOTE No Congressional Research Service summary was available.
- Elect the ticket by direct vote
The President and Vice President would be elected by voters in the states and the District of Columbia, replacing the Electoral College. Each voter would cast one vote for a pair of candidates who have agreed to run together; the pair with the greatest number of votes would win.
- Let Congress address ties and candidate disqualification
Congress could pass laws covering a tie or the death or disqualification of a presidential or vice-presidential candidate before the President-elect or Vice President-elect has been chosen.
- Set the amendment’s effective date
The amendment would take effect one year after January 1 following its ratification.
The proposal would change how the country chooses its President and Vice President by making the vote totals for paired candidates determine the winner, rather than using the Electoral College. The practical stakes are whether voters’ combined vote totals, rather than the Electoral College, decide the result.
Written from the bill text.
The path it took, step by step
- IntroducedOCT 1, 2026HOUSEOCT 1, 2026By Rep. CohenReferred to Judiciary
- SAME DAYNOWHouse committeeOCT 1, 2026JUDICIARY NOWOCT 1, 2026In committee for 7 daysNo hearing yet
- 7 DAYS SO FARPassed the House—HOUSE FLOOR—Not scheduled
- Senate committee—SENATE—
- Passed the Senate—SENATE FLOOR—Not scheduled
- Resolve differencesONLY IF NEEDEDBOTH CHAMBERSONLY IF NEEDEDSkipped if the other chamber passes the same text
- Signed into law—PRESIDENT—10 days to sign or veto
- OCT 12026OCT 1, 2026REFERREDHOUSEReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- OCT 12026OCT 1, 2026INTRODUCEDHOUSEIntroduced in House
At day 7, this bill is already older than 3% of the laws passed this Congress were when they were signed.
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