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Title 3 - The President
Chapter 1 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES (§§ 1 - 21)
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| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 3 - THE PRESIDENT |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 3 - THE PRESIDENT CHAPTER 1 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES Table Of Contents |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
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| Sec. | |
| 1. | Time of appointing electors. |
| 2. | Failure to make choice on prescribed day. |
| 3. | Number of electors. |
| 4. | Vacancies in electoral college. |
| 5. | Determination of controversy as to appointment of electors. |
| 6. | Credentials of electors; transmission to Archivist of the United States and to Congress; public inspection. |
| 7. | Meeting and vote of electors. |
| 8. | Manner of voting. |
| 9. | Certificates of votes for President and Vice President. |
| 10. | Sealing and endorsing certificates. |
| 11. | Disposition of certificates. |
| 12. | Failure of certificates of electors to reach President of Senate or Archivist of the United States; demand on State for certificate.1 |
| 13. | Same; demand on district judge for certificate. |
| 14. | Forfeiture for messenger's neglect of duty. |
| 15. | Counting electoral votes in Congress. |
| 16. | Same; seats for officers and Members of two Houses in joint meeting. |
| 17. | Same; limit of debate in each House. |
| 18. | Same; parliamentary procedure at joint meeting. |
| 19. | Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act. |
| 20. | Resignation or refusal of office. |
| 21. | Definitions. |
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