Preamble

We the People, in order to more perfectly realize the proposition that all people are created equal, hereby exercise our inalienable right to alter our government, and do ordain and establish this Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.

Section 1.

Article V is inoperative on the proposal and ratification of this amendment.

This amendment shall be proposed in a biennial election upon a majority vote of the people in a group of States, Territories, and the District constituting the seat of Government of the United States, provided that this group comprises a majority of this nation’s population per the most recent decennial census.

This amendment shall be ratified six months later, provided that the people of the States, Territories, and the District constituting the seat of Government of the United States which did not participate in this vote may do so in the interim, and that the overall vote remains a majority vote of the people.

Section 2.

Article V is repealed.

The Constitution may be amended according to the following process. First, an amendment must be proposed, and then, ratified.

An amendment may be proposed by a majority vote of both houses of Congress, provided that no Amendment Convention is active.

An amendment may be proposed by a majority vote of an Amendment Convention called by a group of State legislatures, provided that this group of States comprises a majority of this nation’s population per the most recent decennial census; that all States have a reasonable opportunity to send delegates; and that representation within this convention is proportional to population per the most recent decennial census.

An Amendment Convention is active beginning when it initially convenes and ending when it declares itself to be inactive or two years after its initial convocation, whichever occurs first. At least four years must elapse between the deactivation of one Amendment Convention and the activation of another. No Amendment Convention may become active in the first six years after the ratification of this amendment unless expressly authorized by Congress.

Up until sixty days before a scheduled ratification vote, any proposed amendment may be revoked by a majority vote of both houses of Congress, provided that no Amendment Convention is active, or by an active Amendment Convention.

An amendment shall be ratified upon a majority vote of the People in the first biennial election that takes place not less than one year after the amendment’s proposal.

Section 3.

In all proceedings in the Senate, including, but not limited to, votes on legislation, treaties, and constitutional amendment proposals; impeachment trials; advice and consent votes; votes on the selection of officers, determination of rules, punishment of members, and expulsion of members; and proceedings in committees; each Senator shall have one vote for each person in his or her State, per the most recent decennial census.

A quorum in the Senate shall exist if the senators present possess a majority of the votes of the Senate.

The power of the Vice President of the United States to serve as the President of the Senate and to cast tie-breaking votes in the Senate is repealed.

Section 4.

The President and Vice President shall be elected by the people.

The persons having the greatest number of votes for President and Vice President shall be elected, so long as such persons have a majority of the votes cast.

If no pair of candidates receives a majority, the two pairs of candidates who received the most votes will have a runoff election on the Tuesday after the first Monday in December.

Congress has the power to determine entitlement to inclusion on the ballot for the office of President and Vice President. Otherwise, inclusion on the ballot shall be governed by the laws of each State.

The House of Representatives shall have the power to resolve, by majority vote of its members, any tie vote in the general election or the runoff election for President and Vice President. If the House itself is evenly divided, the Speaker of the House shall cast the deciding vote.

Section 5.

Within one year of the ratification of this amendment, every citizen of the United States shall be the citizen of a State.

Section 6.

Neither House may have or establish any rule which prevents a majority from proceeding with a vote, or which prevents a majority from passing a bill.

The President shall have the power, by and with the advice and consent of a majority of the House and Senate, to make treaties.