Procedures governing Electoral College vote certification per U.S. Code Title 3, Chapter 1 (Electors and Electoral Votes)

End Federal Support for the Electoral College

AKA “Modernize Presidential Election Framework”


Which agency/agencies promulgated the regulation? *
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) U.S. Congress (statutory reporting structures)
Which title, parts, and/or sections of the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) should be rescinded? *
Rescind administrative directives supporting state-by-state elector certification without majority vote alignment
What is your name?
—OPTIONAL--
Is your proposed rescission a notice of proposed rulemaking, final rule, direct final rule, interim final rule, or interpretive rule? *
Interpretive Rule
What is the name of the regulation being rescinded, if applicable? *
Procedures governing Electoral College vote certification per U.S. Code Title 3, Chapter 1 (Electors and Electoral Votes)
Please provide a short summary of the justifications for the rescission. *
The Electoral College enables presidential candidates to win without receiving the national popular vote. Continued administrative reinforcement of this process undermines democratic legitimacy and creates electoral distortions favoring low-population states.
Please insert the address of the agency. [NPRM, DFR, and IFR only]
National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register – Electoral College Services 8601 Adelphi Road College Park, MD 20740
Please insert the contact information for the agency. *
(301) 837-0685
What is the background for the regulation being rescinded? *
The Electoral College was designed to limit direct democratic selection of the President and to give disproportionate weight to less populous states. This system now enables repeated misalignment between the national popular vote and electoral outcomes. Administrative processes that continue to legitimize this imbalance should be dismantled.
Explain the reasons for the rescission. *
Federal infrastructure that supports the state-based elector system should be rolled back or restructured to support a transition to a national popular vote model. NARA’s certification and reporting processes should be revised to reflect democratic legitimacy rather than a static constitutional form.
Describe the text of the relevant C.F.R. provisions as it will exist after the rescission. *
Federal procedures for receiving, certifying, and transmitting state electoral votes will be suspended pending a transition to a direct popular vote structure, whether via constitutional amendment or interstate compact implementation.
Please insert the name of the current agency head. *
Marco Rubio
Please insert the title of the agency head. *
Acting Archivist of the United States