Reading Room Document

Presidential inability and electoral college proposals.

The document discusses a conversation with Ramsey Clark regarding the presidential inability and electoral college proposals. It suggests altering Section 5 of the proposed constitutional amendment to address the problem that would arise in the event of the death of both the President-elect and Vice President-elect after they have received a majority of the electoral votes. The conclusion reached is that the proposed language alteration would effectively address this issue. The document presents the question of whether to alter the proposals at this stage to address other points raised, or to leave them unchanged.

January 22, 1965