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Title 3 - The President (Sections 1 - 471)
Chapter 1 - Presidential Elections and Vacancies (Sections 1 - 21)
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| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, 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 |
| Contains | sections 1 to 21 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 1 - Time of appointing electors
- Sec. 2 - Failure to make choice on prescribed day
- Sec. 3 - Number of electors
- Sec. 4 - Vacancies in electoral college
- Sec. 5 - Determination of controversy as to appointment of electors
- Sec. 6 - Credentials of electors; transmission to Archivist of the United States and to Congress; public inspection
- Sec. 7 - Meeting and vote of electors
- Sec. 8 - Manner of voting
- Sec. 9 - Certificates of votes for President and Vice President
- Sec. 10 - Sealing and endorsing certificates
- Sec. 11 - Disposition of certificates
- Sec. 12 - Failure of certificates of electors to reach President of the Senate or Archivist of the United States; demand on State for certificate
- Sec. 13 - Same; demand on district judge for certificate
- Sec. 14 - Forfeiture for messenger's neglect of duty
- Sec. 15 - Counting electoral votes in Congress
- Sec. 16 - Same; seats for officers and Members of two Houses in joint meeting
- Sec. 17 - Same; limit of debate in each House
- Sec. 18 - Same; parliamentary procedure at joint meeting
- Sec. 19 - Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act
- Sec. 20 - Resignation or refusal of office
- Sec. 21 - Definitions
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