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.

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Abolish Electoral College, Establish Direct Popular Vote

Replaces the Electoral College with a direct national popular vote for President and Vice President. The ticket receiving the most votes wins, regardless of state-by-state results.

• Population Scope High Every eligible U.S. voter and every presidential candidate is directly affected, encompassing well over 25% of the U.S. population.
• Budgetary Magnitude Low No funds are authorized, appropriated, or obligated by this amendment.
• Legal / Regulatory Depth High Abolishing the Electoral College and vesting presidential selection directly in the national popular vote is a fundamental restructuring of the constitutional framework for choosing the executive — a new enforceable entitlement to direct suffrage replacing the existing elector-based system.
• Degree of Discretion Granted Medium Congress retains discretionary authority to legislate contingencies for candidate death, disqualification, or a tied vote, but the core electoral outcome rule is mandatory and self-executing.
• Implementation & Enforcement Burden Low No new enforcement infrastructure, penalties, or compliance obligations are created; the amendment restructures electoral authority rather than imposing affirmative compliance duties on any regulated party.
• Temporal Commitment High As a constitutional amendment, it binds future actors permanently — repeal would require another Article V amendment process, making this effectively irreversible absent extraordinary supermajority action.