A Bill to Abolish the Electoral College
Constitutional amendment electing the President by national popular vote.
The President and Vice President shall be elected by direct national popular vote of U.S. citizens 18 and older.
If no candidate receives at least 40% of the popular vote, an instant runoff between the top two candidates determines the winner.
Effective upon ratification by three-fourths of state legislatures.
Federal Election Commission administration.
Mechanical parts, sourced & timed
Use this as your pre-round checklist. Memorize the source citation. Time yourself to the delivery target.
- Bill / Number
- H.J. Res. 22 — A Bill to Abolish the Electoral College
- Funding source
- Standard FEC administration; no new appropriation.
- Timeline
- Effective on ratification.
- Implausible — requires 3/4 state ratification. Last successful amendment (27th) took 202 years.
- Enforcing agency
- Federal Election Commission.
- Yes — once ratified.
- Penalty for non-compliance
- N/A.
- Source citation
- Pew Research Center (2023), 'Majority of Americans Continue to Favor Moving Away from Electoral College' — pewresearch.org.
- Delivery time (read aloud)
- 1:05 (65s)
The Electoral College protects small states; direct election lets coastal cities dominate.
The 'coastal cities' frame collapses on data — Pew (2023) found 65% support among voters across both parties' urban *and* rural members. And the 'small state protection' claim is undermined by campaign-visit data showing 95% of general-election events occur in 6 swing states, none small.