Virginia House Joint Resolution 627 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); electoral college. Provides that the candidates for President and Vice President who receive the highest number of votes cast statewide are allocated two electoral votes and the candidates for President and Vice President who receive the highest number of votes cast in each congressional district are allocated the one electoral vote for that congressional district. Currently, the candidates for President and Vice President who receive the highest number of votes cast statewide are allocated the total number of the Commonwealth's electoral votes.

Constitutional amendment; electoral college (first reference).

Del. Mark Cole [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2019-01-12	House	Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #4
2019-01-05	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2019-01-05	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101059D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HJ627
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HJ627+hil