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Title 3 - THE PRESIDENT <!-- AUTHORITIES-PUBLICATION-NAME:1994 Edition and Supplement V --> <!-- AUTHORITIES-PUBLICATION-ID:1994SUPP599 --> <!-- AUTHORITIES-PUBLICATION-YEAR:1999 --> <!-- AUTHORITIES-LAWS-ENACTED-THROUGH-DATE:20000123 --> <!-- SEARCHABLE-LAWS-ENACTED-THROUGH-DATE:January 23rd, 2000 --> <!-- AUTHORITIES-USC-TITLE-NAME:TITLE 3 - THE PRESIDENT --> <!-- AUTHORITIES-USC-TITLE-ENUM:3 --> <!-- AUTHORITIES-USC-TITLE-STATUS:positive-law --> <!-- CONVERSION-PROGRAM:xy2html.pm-0.329-20100225 --> <!-- CONVERSION-DATETIME:20100225150338 --> </title> </head> <body> <span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">3 U.S.C. </span><br/> <span style="font-size:10pt">United States Code, 1999 Edition</span><br/> <span style="font-size:10pt">Title 3 - THE PRESIDENT</span><br/> <span style="font-size:10pt">From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, <a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a></span><br/><br/> <div width="700"> <!-- PDFPage:1 --> <!-- documentid:3_ currentthrough:20000123 documentPDFPage:-1 --> <!-- itempath:/030 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAA --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT --> <!-- field-start:titlehead --> <h1 class="usc-title-head">TITLE 3&mdash;THE PRESIDENT</h1> <!-- field-end:titlehead --> <!-- field-start:titleenactmentcredit --> <p class="usc-title-ital-spanner">This title was enacted by act June 25, 1948, ch. 644, &sect;1, 62 Stat. 672</p> <!-- field-end:titleenactmentcredit --> <!-- field-start:analysis --> <div class="analysis"> <div><div class="analysis-head-left">Chap.</div><div class="analysis-head-right">Sec.</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">1.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Presidential Elections and Vacancies</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">2.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Office and Compensation of President</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">101</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">3.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Protection of the President; the White House Police&nbsp;<sup><a href="#_1_target" name="_1">1</a></sup></div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">201</div></div> </div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <div class="analysis"> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">4.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Delegation of Functions</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">301</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">5.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Extension of Certain Rights and Protections to Presidential Offices</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">401</div></div> </div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- field-end:analysis --> <!-- field-start:notes --> <!-- field-start:amendment-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Amendments</h4> <p class="note-body">1996&mdash;Pub. L. 104&ndash;331, &sect;2(c), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4068, added item for chapter 5.</p> <p class="note-body">1951&mdash;Act Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, &sect;4, 65 Stat. 711, added item for chapter 4.</p> <!-- field-end:amendment-note --> <!-- field-start:miscellaneous-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Positive Law; Citation</h4> <p class="note-body">This title has been made positive law by section 1 of act June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 672, which provided in part that: &ldquo;Title 3 of the United States Code, entitled &lsquo;The President&rsquo;, is codified and enacted into positive law and may be cited as &lsquo;3 U. S. C., &sect;&mdash;.&rsquo;&nbsp;&rdquo;</p> <!-- field-end:miscellaneous-note --> <!-- field-start:savingsclause-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Savings Clause</h4> <p class="note-body">Section 2 of act June 25, 1948, provided that: &ldquo;The provisions of title 3, &lsquo;The President&rsquo;, set out in section 1 of this Act, shall be construed as a continuation of existing law and no loss of rights, interruption of jurisdiction, nor prejudice to matters pending on the effective date of this Act shall result from its enactment.&rdquo;</p> <!-- field-end:savingsclause-note --> <!-- field-start:repeal-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Repeals</h4> <p class="note-body">Section 3 of act June 25, 1948, provided that the sections or parts thereof of the Statutes at Large or the Revised Statutes covering provisions codified in this Act are repealed insofar as the provisions appeared in former Title 3, and provided that any rights or liabilities now existing under the repealed sections or parts thereof shall not be affected by the repeal.</p> <h4 class="note-head">Prior Repeals</h4> <p class="note-body">Former sections 21 and 22 relating to performance of presidential duties in absence of both the President and Vice President were repealed by act July 18, 1947, ch. 264, &sect;1(g), 61 Stat. 381.</p> <table class="uscdispo3col" cellspacing="0" width="700"><caption><cap-smallcap>Table Showing Disposition of All Sections of Former Title </cap-smallcap>3</caption> <tr><th id="row0col0"><em>Title&nbsp;3 Former Sections</em></th><th id="row0col1"><em>Revised&nbsp;Statutes<p class="intabledata">Statutes&nbsp;at&nbsp;Large<p/></em></th><th id="row0col2"><em>Title&nbsp;3 New Sections</em></th></tr> <tr> <td class="left">1 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;131 </td> <td class="right">1</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">2 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;132 </td> <td class="right">3</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">3 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;133 </td> <td class="right">4</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">4 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;134 </td> <td class="right">2</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">5 </td> <td class="middle">Feb. 3, 1887, ch. 90, &sect;1, 24 Stat. 373 </td> <td class="right">7</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">5a </td> <td class="middle">May 29, 1928, ch. 859, &sect;1, 45 Stat. 945 </td> <td class="right">7</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">June 5, 1934, ch. 390, &sect;6(a), 48 Stat. 879</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">6 </td> <td class="middle">Feb. 3, 1887, ch. 90, &sect;2, 24 Stat. 373 </td> <td class="right">5</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">7 </td> <td class="middle">Feb. 3, 1887, ch. 90, &sect;3, 24 Stat. 373 </td> <td class="right">6</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">7a </td> <td class="middle">May 29, 1928, ch. 859, &sect;2, 45 Stat. 946 </td> <td class="right">6</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">8 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;137 </td> <td class="right">8</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">9 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;138 </td> <td class="right">9</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">9a </td> <td class="middle">May 29, 1928, ch. 859, &sect;3, 45 Stat. 946 </td> <td class="right">9</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">10 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;139 </td> <td class="right">10</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">11 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;140 </td> <td class="right">11</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Oct. 19, 1888, ch. 1216, &sect;1, 25 Stat. 613.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">11a </td> <td class="middle">May 29, 1928, ch. 859, &sect;4, 45 Stat. 946 </td> <td class="right">11</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">11b </td> <td class="middle">May 29, 1928, ch. 859, &sect;5, 45 Stat. 946 </td> <td class="right">12</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">June 5, 1934, ch. 390, &sect;6(b), 48 Stat. 879.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">11c </td> <td class="middle">May 29, 1928, ch. 859, &sect;6, 45 Stat. 946 </td> <td class="right">13</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">June 5, 1934, ch. 390, &sect;6(c), 48 Stat. 879.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">12 </td> <td class="middle">Oct. 19, 1888, ch. 1216, &sect;1, 25 Stat. 613 </td> <td class="right">11, 12</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">13 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;141 </td> <td class="right">13</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Oct. 19, 1888, ch. 1216, &sect;2, 25 Stat. 613.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">14 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;143 </td> <td class="right">11</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">15 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;144 </td> <td class="right">11</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">16 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;145 </td> <td class="right">14</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">17 </td> <td class="middle">Feb. 3, 1887, ch. 90, &sect;4, 24 Stat. 373 </td> <td class="right">15</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">June 5, 1934, ch. 390, &sect;7, 48 Stat. 879.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">18 </td> <td class="middle">Feb. 3, 1887, ch. 90, &sect;5, 24 Stat. 374 </td> <td class="right">18</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">19 </td> <td class="middle">Feb. 3, 1887, ch. 90, &sect;6, 24 Stat. 375 </td> <td class="right">17</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">20 </td> <td class="middle">Feb. 3, 1887, ch. 90, &sect;7, 24 Stat. 375 </td> <td class="right">16</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">21 </td> <td class="middle">Jan. 19, 1886, ch. 4, &sect;1, 24 Stat. 1 </td> <td class="right">19</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">22 </td> <td class="middle">Jan. 19, 1886, ch. 4, &sect;2, 24 Stat. 1 </td> <td class="right">19</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">23 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;151 </td> <td class="right">20</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">24 </td> <td class="middle">July 18, 1947, ch. 264, &sect;1(a-f), 61 Stat. 380, 381 </td> <td class="right">19</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">July 26, 1947, ch. 343, &sect;311, 61 Stat. 509.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">41 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;152 </td> <td class="right">101</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">June 5, 1934, ch. 390, &sect;1, 48 Stat. 879.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">42 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;153 </td> <td class="right">102</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 297, &sect;1, 35 Stat. 859.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">43 </td> <td class="middle">June 23, 1906, ch. 3523, 34 Stat. 454 </td> <td class="right">103</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 744, &sect;17(c), 60 Stat. 811.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">44 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;154 </td> <td class="right">104</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Feb. 26, 1907, ch. 1635, &sect;4, 34 Stat. 993.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 549, &sect;4, 43 Stat. 1301.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, &sect;601(a), 60 Stat. 850.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">45 </td> <td class="middle">Apr. 22, 1926, ch. 171, &sect;1, 44 Stat. 305 </td> <td class="right">105</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">45a </td> <td class="middle">Apr. 3, 1939, ch. 36, &sect;301, 53 Stat. 565 </td> <td class="right">106</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">46 </td> <td class="middle">June 12, 1922, ch. 218, 42 Stat. 636 </td> <td class="right">107</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Feb. 13, 1923, ch. 72, 42 Stat. 1227.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">June 7, 1924, ch. 292, &sect;1, 43 Stat. 521.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 468, &sect;1, 43 Stat. 1198, 1199.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Apr. 22, 1926, ch. 171, &sect;1, 44 Stat. 305.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Feb. 11, 1927, ch. 104, &sect;1, 44 Stat. 1069.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">May 16, 1928, ch. 580, &sect;1, 45 Stat. 573.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Feb. 20, 1929, ch. 270, &sect;1, 45 Stat. 1230.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Apr. 19, 1930, ch. 201, &sect;1, 46 Stat. 229.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 281, &sect;1, 46 Stat. 1355.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">June 30, 1932, ch. 330, &sect;1, 47 Stat. 452.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">June 16, 1933, ch. 101, &sect;1, 48 Stat. 284.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Mar. 28, 1934, ch. 102, &sect;1, 48 Stat. 509.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Feb. 2, 1935, ch. 3, &sect;1, 49 Stat. 6.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Mar. 19, 1936, ch. 156, &sect;1, 49 Stat. 1148.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">June 28, 1937, ch. 396, &sect;1, 50 Stat. 350.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">May 23, 1938, ch. 259, &sect;1, 52 Stat. 411.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Mar. 16, 1939, ch. 11, &sect;1, 53 Stat 524.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Apr. 8, 1940, ch. 107, &sect;1, 54 Stat. 112.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Apr. 5, 1941, ch. 40, &sect;1, 55 Stat. 93.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">June 27, 1942, ch. 450, &sect;1, 56 Stat. 392.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">June 26, 1943, ch. 145, &sect;101, 57 Stat. 169.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">June 27, 1944, ch. 286, &sect;101, 58 Stat. 361.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">May 3, 1945, ch. 106, &sect;101, 59 Stat. 106.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Mar. 28, 1946, ch. 113, &sect;101, 60 Stat. 61.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">47 </td> <td class="middle">Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 285, &sect;1, 36 Stat. 1404 </td> <td class="right">108</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">48 </td> <td class="middle">June 25, 1910, ch. 384, &sect;9, 36 Stat. 773 </td> <td class="right">109</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">49 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;1829 </td> <td class="right">110</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Feb. 26, 1925, ch. 377, &sect;&sect;1, 2, 43 Stat. 1091.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">50 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;1832 </td> <td class="right">109</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">51 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;1833 </td> <td class="right">109</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">52 </td> <td class="middle">RS. &sect;1834 </td> <td class="right">109</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">53 </td> <td class="middle">June 23, 1913, ch. 3, &sect;1, 38 Stat. 23 </td> <td class="right">201</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">54 </td> <td class="middle">June 9, 1941, ch. 189, 55 Stat. 247 </td> <td class="right">Elim.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">61 </td> <td class="middle">Sept. 14, 1922, ch. 308, &sect;1, 42 Stat. 841 </td> <td class="right">202<!-- PDFPage:2 --></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">May 14, 1930, ch. 277, &sect;1, 46 Stat. 328.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">62 </td> <td class="middle">Sept. 14, 1922, ch. 308, &sect;2, 42 Stat. 841 </td> <td class="right">203</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">May 14, 1930, ch. 277, &sect;2, 46 Stat. 328.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">May 28, 1935, ch. 154, 49 Stat. 304.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Apr. 22, 1940, ch. 133, 54 Stat. 156.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">June 9, 1947, ch. 102, 61 Stat. 132.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">62a </td> <td class="middle">Oct. 9, 1942, ch. 582, &sect;1, 56 Stat. 778 </td> <td class="right">205</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">62b </td> <td class="middle">Oct. 9, 1942, ch. 582, &sect;2, 56 Stat. 778 </td> <td class="right">206</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">63 </td> <td class="middle">Sept. 14, 1922, ch. 308, &sect;3, 42 Stat. 842 </td> <td class="right">204</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">May 14, 1930, ch. 277, &sect;3, 46 Stat. 328.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">64 </td> <td class="middle">Sept. 14, 1922, ch. 308, &sect;4, 42 Stat. 842 </td> <td class="right">207</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">65 </td> <td class="middle">Sept. 14, 1922, ch. 308, &sect;5, 42 Stat. 842 </td> <td class="right">Rep.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">66 </td> <td class="middle">Sept. 14, 1922, ch. 308, &sect;6, 42 Stat. 842 </td> <td class="right">Rep.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">67 </td> <td class="middle">Sept. 14, 1922, ch. 308, &sect;7, 42 Stat. 843 </td> <td class="right">208</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">May 14, 1930, ch. 277, &sect;4, 46 Stat. 329.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> </table> <!-- field-end:repeal-note --> <!-- field-end:notes --> <!-- documentid:3_-ch1 currentthrough:20000123 documentPDFPage:2 --> <!-- itempath:/030/CHAPTER 1 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAB --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT!@!CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES --> <!-- field-start:structuralhead --> <h3 class="chapter-head"><strong>CHAPTER 1&mdash;PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES</strong></h3> <!-- field-end:structuralhead --> <!-- field-start:analysis --> <div class="analysis"> <div><div class="analysis-head-left">Sec.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Time of appointing electors.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">2.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Failure to make choice on prescribed day.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">3.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Number of electors.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">4.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Vacancies in electoral college.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">5.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Determination of controversy as to appointment of electors.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Credentials of electors; transmission to Archivist of the United States and to Congress; public inspection.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">7.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Meeting and vote of electors.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">8.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Manner of voting.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">9.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Certificates of votes for President and Vice President.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">10.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Sealing and endorsing certificates.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">11.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Disposition of certificates.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">12.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Failure of certificates of electors to reach President of Senate or Archivist of the United States; demand on State for certificate.<sup><a href="#CHAPTER1_1_target" name="CHAPTER1_1">1</a></sup></div></div> </div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <div class="analysis"> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">13.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Same; demand on district judge for certificate.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">14.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Forfeiture for messenger's neglect of duty.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">15.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Counting electoral votes in Congress.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">16.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Same; seats for officers and Members of two Houses in joint meeting.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">17.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Same; limit of debate in each House.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">18.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Same; parliamentary procedure at joint meeting.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">19.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">20.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Resignation or refusal of office.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">21.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Definitions.</div></div> </div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- field-end:analysis --> <!-- field-start:notes --> <!-- field-start:amendment-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Amendments</h4> <p class="note-body">1984&mdash;Pub. L. 98&ndash;497, title I, &sect;107(e)(3), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2292, substituted &ldquo;Archivist of the United States&rdquo; for &ldquo;Administrator of General Services&rdquo; in items 6 and 12.</p> <p class="note-body">1961&mdash;Pub. L. 87&ndash;389, &sect;2(b), Oct. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 820, added item 21.</p> <p class="note-body">1951&mdash;Act Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, &sect;5, 65 Stat. 711, substituted &ldquo;Administrator of General Services&rdquo; for &ldquo;Secretary of State&rdquo; in items 6 and 12.</p> <!-- field-end:amendment-note --> <!-- field-start:miscellaneous-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Federal Election Campaigns</h4> <p class="note-body">Disclosure of Federal campaign funds and general provisions, see section 431 et seq. of Title 2, The Congress.</p> <!-- field-end:miscellaneous-note --> <!-- field-end:notes --> <!-- field-start:footnote --> <p class="footnote"><a href="#_1" name="_1_target"><sup>1</sup>&nbsp;Chapter heading amended by Pub. L. 95&ndash;179 without a corresponding amendment of chapter analysis.</a></p> <!-- field-end:footnote --> <!-- field-start:footnote --> <p class="footnote"><a href="#CHAPTER1_1" name="CHAPTER1_1_target"><sup>1</sup>&nbsp;So in original. Does not conform to section catchline.</a></p> <!-- field-end:footnote --> <!-- documentid:3_1 usckey:030000000000100000000000000000000 currentthrough:20000123 documentPDFPage:2 --> <!-- itempath:/030/CHAPTER 1/Sec. 1 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAC --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT!@!CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES!@!Sec. 1 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;1. Time of appointing electors</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">The electors of President and Vice President shall be appointed, in each State, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, in every fourth year succeeding every election of a President and Vice President.</p> <!-- field-end:statute --> <!-- field-start:sourcecredit --> <p class="source-credit">(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 672.)</p> <!-- field-end:sourcecredit --> <!-- field-start:notes --> <!-- field-start:crossreference-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Cross References</h4> <p class="note-body">Time of choosing electors, see Const. Art. 2, &sect;1, cl. 3.</p> <!-- field-end:crossreference-note --> <!-- field-end:notes --> <!-- field-start:secref --> <h4 class="note-head">Section Referred to in Other Sections</h4> <!-- field-end:secref --> <!-- field-start:sectionreferredto --> <p class="note-body">This section is referred to in title 18 sections 871, 1751.</p> <!-- field-end:sectionreferredto --> <!-- documentid:3_2 usckey:030000000000200000000000000000000 currentthrough:20000123 documentPDFPage:2 --> <!-- itempath:/030/CHAPTER 1/Sec. 2 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAD --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT!@!CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES!@!Sec. 2 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;2. Failure to make choice on prescribed day</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">Whenever any State has held an election for the purpose of choosing electors, and has failed to make a choice on the day prescribed by law, the electors may be appointed on a subsequent day in such a manner as the legislature of such State may direct.</p> <!-- field-end:statute --> <!-- field-start:sourcecredit --> <p class="source-credit">(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 672.)</p> <!-- field-end:sourcecredit --> <!-- field-start:secref --> <h4 class="note-head">Section Referred to in Other Sections</h4> <!-- field-end:secref --> <!-- field-start:sectionreferredto --> <p class="note-body">This section is referred to in title 18 sections 871, 1751.</p> <!-- field-end:sectionreferredto --> <!-- documentid:3_3 usckey:030000000000300000000000000000000 currentthrough:20000123 documentPDFPage:2 --> <!-- itempath:/030/CHAPTER 1/Sec. 3 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAE --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT!@!CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES!@!Sec. 3 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;3. Number of electors</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">The number of electors shall be equal to the number of Senators and Representatives to which the several States are by law entitled at the time when the President and Vice President to be chosen come into office; except, that where no apportionment of Representatives has been made after any enumeration, at the time of choosing electors, the number of electors shall be according to the then existing apportionment of Senators and Representatives.</p> <!-- field-end:statute --> <!-- field-start:sourcecredit --> <p class="source-credit">(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 672.)</p> <!-- field-end:sourcecredit --> <!-- documentid:3_4 usckey:030000000000400000000000000000000 currentthrough:20000123 documentPDFPage:2 --> <!-- itempath:/030/CHAPTER 1/Sec. 4 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAF --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT!@!CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES!@!Sec. 4 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;4. Vacancies in electoral college</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">Each State may, by law, provide for the filling of any vacancies which may occur in its college of electors when such college meets to give its electoral vote.</p> <!-- field-end:statute --> <!-- field-start:sourcecredit --> <p class="source-credit">(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 673.)</p> <!-- field-end:sourcecredit --> <!-- documentid:3_5 usckey:030000000000500000000000000000000 currentthrough:20000123 documentPDFPage:2 --> <!-- itempath:/030/CHAPTER 1/Sec. 5 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAG --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT!@!CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES!@!Sec. 5 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;5. Determination of controversy as to appointment of electors</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">If any State shall have provided, by laws enacted prior to the day fixed for the appointment of the electors, for its final determination of any controversy or contest concerning the appointment of all or any of the electors of such State, by judicial or other methods or procedures, and such determination shall have been made at least six days before the time fixed for the meeting of the electors, such determination made pursuant to such law so existing on said day, and made at least six days prior to said time of meeting of the electors, shall be conclusive, and shall govern in the counting of the electoral votes as provided in the Constitution, and as hereinafter regulated, so far as the ascertainment of the electors appointed by such State is concerned.</p> <!-- field-end:statute --> <!-- field-start:sourcecredit --> <p class="source-credit">(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 673.)</p> <!-- field-end:sourcecredit --> <!-- field-start:secref --> <h4 class="note-head">Section Referred to in Other Sections</h4> <!-- field-end:secref --> <!-- field-start:sectionreferredto --> <p class="note-body">This section is referred to in section 15 of this title.</p> <!-- PDFPage:3 --><!-- field-end:sectionreferredto --> <!-- documentid:3_6 usckey:030000000000600000000000000000000 currentthrough:20000123 documentPDFPage:3 --> <!-- itempath:/030/CHAPTER 1/Sec. 6 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAH --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT!@!CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES!@!Sec. 6 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;6. Credentials of electors; transmission to Archivist of the United States and to Congress; public inspection</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">It shall be the duty of the executive of each State, as soon as practicable after the conclusion of the appointment of the electors in such State by the final ascertainment, under and in pursuance of the laws of such State providing for such ascertainment, to communicate by registered mail under the seal of the State to the Archivist of the United States a certificate of such ascertainment of the electors appointed, setting forth the names of such electors and the canvass or other ascertainment under the laws of such State of the number of votes given or cast for each person for whose appointment any and all votes have been given or cast; and it shall also thereupon be the duty of the executive of each State to deliver to the electors of such State, on or before the day on which they are required by section 7 of this title to meet, six duplicate-originals of the same certificate under the seal of the State; and if there shall have been any final determination in a State in the manner provided for by law of a controversy or contest concerning the appointment of all or any of the electors of such State, it shall be the duty of the executive of such State, as soon as practicable after such determination, to communicate under the seal of the State to the Archivist of the United States a certificate of such determination in form and manner as the same shall have been made; and the certificate or certificates so received by the Archivist of the United States shall be preserved by him for one year and shall be a part of the public records of his office and shall be open to public inspection; and the Archivist of the United States at the first meeting of Congress thereafter shall transmit to the two Houses of Congress copies in full of each and every such certificate so received at the National Archives and Records Administration.</p> <!-- field-end:statute --> <!-- field-start:sourcecredit --> <p class="source-credit">(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 673; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, &sect;6, 65 Stat. 711; Pub. L. 98&ndash;497, title I, &sect;107(e)(1), (2)(A), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2291.)</p> <!-- field-end:sourcecredit --> <!-- field-start:notes --> <!-- field-start:amendment-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Amendments</h4> <p class="note-body">1984&mdash;Pub. L. 98&ndash;497 substituted &ldquo;Archivist of the United States&rdquo; for &ldquo;Administrator of General Services&rdquo; in section catchline and wherever appearing in text and &ldquo;National Archives and Records Administration&rdquo; for &ldquo;General Services Administration&rdquo;.</p> <p class="note-body">1951&mdash;Act Oct. 31, 1951, substituted &ldquo;Administrator of General Services&rdquo; for &ldquo;Secretary of State&rdquo; in section catchline and several places in text, and for &ldquo;Secretary of State of the United States&rdquo; in one place, and &ldquo;General Services Administration&rdquo; for &ldquo;State Department&rdquo;.</p> <!-- field-end:amendment-note --> <!-- field-start:effectivedate-amendment-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Effective Date of 1984 Amendment</h4> <p class="note-body">Amendment by Pub. L. 98&ndash;497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section 301 of Pub. L. 98&ndash;497, set out as a note under section 2102 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.</p> <!-- field-end:effectivedate-amendment-note --> <!-- field-end:notes --> <!-- field-start:secref --> <h4 class="note-head">Section Referred to in Other Sections</h4> <!-- field-end:secref --> <!-- field-start:sectionreferredto --> <p class="note-body">This section is referred to in section 15 of this title.</p> <!-- field-end:sectionreferredto --> <!-- documentid:3_7 usckey:030000000000700000000000000000000 currentthrough:20000123 documentPDFPage:3 --> <!-- itempath:/030/CHAPTER 1/Sec. 7 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAI --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT!@!CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES!@!Sec. 7 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;7. Meeting and vote of electors</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">The electors of President and Vice President of each State shall meet and give their votes on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December next following their appointment at such place in each State as the legislature of such State shall direct.</p> <!-- field-end:statute --> <!-- field-start:sourcecredit --> <p class="source-credit">(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 673.)</p> <!-- field-end:sourcecredit --> <!-- field-start:notes --> <!-- field-start:crossreference-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Cross References</h4> <p class="note-body">Day of voting by electors, see Const. Art. II, &sect;1, cl. 3.</p> <p class="note-body">Voting by electors, see Const. Amend. XII.</p> <!-- field-end:crossreference-note --> <!-- field-end:notes --> <!-- field-start:secref --> <h4 class="note-head">Section Referred to in Other Sections</h4> <!-- field-end:secref --> <!-- field-start:sectionreferredto --> <p class="note-body">This section is referred to in section 6 of this title.</p> <!-- field-end:sectionreferredto --> <!-- documentid:3_8 usckey:030000000000800000000000000000000 currentthrough:20000123 documentPDFPage:3 --> <!-- itempath:/030/CHAPTER 1/Sec. 8 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAJ --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT!@!CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES!@!Sec. 8 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;8. Manner of voting</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">The electors shall vote for President and Vice President, respectively, in the manner directed by the Constitution.</p> <!-- field-end:statute --> <!-- field-start:sourcecredit --> <p class="source-credit">(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 674.)</p> <!-- field-end:sourcecredit --> <!-- documentid:3_9 usckey:030000000000900000000000000000000 currentthrough:20000123 documentPDFPage:3 --> <!-- itempath:/030/CHAPTER 1/Sec. 9 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAK --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT!@!CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES!@!Sec. 9 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;9. Certificates of votes for President and Vice President</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">The electors shall make and sign six certificates of all the votes given by them, each of which certificates shall contain two distinct lists, one of the votes for President and the other of the votes for Vice President, and shall annex to each of the certificates one of the lists of the electors which shall have been furnished to them by direction of the executive of the State.</p> <!-- field-end:statute --> <!-- field-start:sourcecredit --> <p class="source-credit">(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 674.)</p> <!-- field-end:sourcecredit --> <!-- field-start:secref --> <h4 class="note-head">Section Referred to in Other Sections</h4> <!-- field-end:secref --> <!-- field-start:sectionreferredto --> <p class="note-body">This section is referred to in section 12 of this title.</p> <!-- field-end:sectionreferredto --> <!-- documentid:3_10 usckey:030000000001000000000000000000000 currentthrough:20000123 documentPDFPage:3 --> <!-- itempath:/030/CHAPTER 1/Sec. 10 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAL --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT!@!CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES!@!Sec. 10 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;10. Sealing and endorsing certificates</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">The electors shall seal up the certificates so made by them, and certify upon each that the lists of all the votes of such State given for President, and of all the votes given for Vice President, are contained therein.</p> <!-- field-end:statute --> <!-- field-start:sourcecredit --> <p class="source-credit">(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 674.)</p> <!-- field-end:sourcecredit --> <!-- documentid:3_11 usckey:030000000001100000000000000000000 currentthrough:20000123 documentPDFPage:3 --> <!-- itempath:/030/CHAPTER 1/Sec. 11 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAM --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT!@!CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES!@!Sec. 11 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;11. Disposition of certificates</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">The electors shall dispose of the certificates so made by them and the lists attached thereto in the following manner:</p> <p class="statutory-body">First. They shall forthwith forward by registered mail one of the same to the President of the Senate at the seat of government.</p> <p class="statutory-body">Second. Two of the same shall be delivered to the secretary of state of the State, one of which shall be held subject to the order of the President of the Senate, the other to be preserved by him for one year and shall be a part of the public records of his office and shall be open to public inspection.</p> <p class="statutory-body">Third. On the day thereafter they shall forward by registered mail two of such certificates and lists to the Archivist of the United States at the seat of government, one of which shall be held subject to the order of the President of the Senate. The other shall be preserved by the Archivist of the United States for one year and shall be a part of the public records of his office and shall be open to public inspection.</p> <p class="statutory-body">Fourth. They shall forthwith cause the other of the certificates and lists to be delivered to the judge of the district in which the electors shall have assembled.</p> <!-- PDFPage:4 --><!-- field-end:statute --> <!-- field-start:sourcecredit --> <p class="source-credit">(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 674; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, &sect;7, 65 Stat. 712; Pub. L. 98&ndash;497, title I, &sect;107(e)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2291.)</p> <!-- field-end:sourcecredit --> <!-- field-start:notes --> <!-- field-start:amendment-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Amendments</h4> <p class="note-body">1984&mdash;Pub. L. 98&ndash;497 substituted &ldquo;Archivist of the United States&rdquo; for &ldquo;Administrator of General Services&rdquo; two places in par. &ldquo;Third&rdquo;.</p> <p class="note-body">1951&mdash;Act Oct. 31, 1951, substituted &ldquo;Administrator of General Services&rdquo; for &ldquo;Secretary of State&rdquo; two places in par. &ldquo;Third&rdquo;.</p> <!-- field-end:amendment-note --> <!-- field-start:effectivedate-amendment-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Effective Date of 1984 Amendment</h4> <p class="note-body">Amendment by Pub. L. 98&ndash;497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section 301 of Pub. L. 98&ndash;497, set out as a note under section 2102 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.</p> <!-- field-end:effectivedate-amendment-note --> <!-- field-end:notes --> <!-- field-start:secref --> <h4 class="note-head">Section Referred to in Other Sections</h4> <!-- field-end:secref --> <!-- field-start:sectionreferredto --> <p class="note-body">This section is referred to in section 12 of this title.</p> <!-- field-end:sectionreferredto --> <!-- documentid:3_12 usckey:030000000001200000000000000000000 currentthrough:20000123 documentPDFPage:4 --> <!-- itempath:/030/CHAPTER 1/Sec. 12 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAN --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT!@!CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES!@!Sec. 12 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;12. Failure of certificates of electors to reach President of the Senate or Archivist of the United States; demand on State for certificate</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">When no certificate of vote and list mentioned in sections 9 and 11 of this title from any State shall have been received by the President of the Senate or by the Archivist of the United States by the fourth Wednesday in December, after the meeting of the electors shall have been held, the President of the Senate or, if he be absent from the seat of government, the Archivist of the United States shall request, by the most expeditious method available, the secretary of state of the State to send up the certificate and list lodged with him by the electors of such State; and it shall be his duty upon receipt of such request immediately to transmit same by registered mail to the President of the Senate at the seat of government.</p> <!-- field-end:statute --> <!-- field-start:sourcecredit --> <p class="source-credit">(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 674; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, &sect;8, 65 Stat. 712; Pub. L. 98&ndash;497, title I, &sect;107(e)(1), (2)(B), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2291.)</p> <!-- field-end:sourcecredit --> <!-- field-start:notes --> <!-- field-start:amendment-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Amendments</h4> <p class="note-body">1984&mdash;Pub. L. 98&ndash;497 substituted &ldquo;Archivist of the United States&rdquo; for &ldquo;Administrator of General Services&rdquo; in section catchline and two places in text.</p> <p class="note-body">1951&mdash;Act Oct. 31, 1951, substituted &ldquo;Administrator of General Services&rdquo; for &ldquo;Secretary of State&rdquo; in section catchline and two places in text.</p> <!-- field-end:amendment-note --> <!-- field-start:effectivedate-amendment-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Effective Date of 1984 Amendment</h4> <p class="note-body">Amendment by Pub. L. 98&ndash;497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section 301 of Pub. L. 98&ndash;497, set out as a note under section 2102 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.</p> <!-- field-end:effectivedate-amendment-note --> <!-- field-end:notes --> <!-- documentid:3_13 usckey:030000000001300000000000000000000 currentthrough:20000123 documentPDFPage:4 --> <!-- itempath:/030/CHAPTER 1/Sec. 13 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAO --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT!@!CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES!@!Sec. 13 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;13. Same; demand on district judge for certificate</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">When no certificates of votes from any State shall have been received at the seat of government on the fourth Wednesday in December, after the meeting of the electors shall have been held, the President of the Senate or, if he be absent from the seat of government, the Archivist of the United States shall send a special messenger to the district judge in whose custody one certificate of votes from that State has been lodged, and such judge shall forthwith transmit that list by the hand of such messenger to the seat of government.</p> <!-- field-end:statute --> <!-- field-start:sourcecredit --> <p class="source-credit">(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 674; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, &sect;9, 65 Stat. 712; Pub. L. 98&ndash;497, title I, &sect;107(e)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2291.)</p> <!-- field-end:sourcecredit --> <!-- field-start:notes --> <!-- field-start:amendment-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Amendments</h4> <p class="note-body">1984&mdash;Pub. L. 98&ndash;497 substituted &ldquo;Archivist of the United States&rdquo; for &ldquo;Administrator of General Services&rdquo;.</p> <p class="note-body">1951&mdash;Act Oct. 31, 1951, substituted &ldquo;Administrator of General Services&rdquo; for &ldquo;Secretary of State&rdquo;.</p> <!-- field-end:amendment-note --> <!-- field-start:effectivedate-amendment-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Effective Date of 1984 Amendment</h4> <p class="note-body">Amendment by Pub. L. 98&ndash;497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section 301 of Pub. L. 98&ndash;497, set out as a note under section 2102 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.</p> <!-- field-end:effectivedate-amendment-note --> <!-- field-end:notes --> <!-- field-start:secref --> <h4 class="note-head">Section Referred to in Other Sections</h4> <!-- field-end:secref --> <!-- field-start:sectionreferredto --> <p class="note-body">This section is referred to in section 14 of this title.</p> <!-- field-end:sectionreferredto --> <!-- documentid:3_14 usckey:030000000001400000000000000000000 currentthrough:20000123 documentPDFPage:4 --> <!-- itempath:/030/CHAPTER 1/Sec. 14 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAP --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT!@!CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES!@!Sec. 14 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;14. Forfeiture for messenger's neglect of duty</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">Every person who, having been appointed, pursuant to section 13 of this title, to deliver the certificates of the votes of the electors to the President of the Senate, and having accepted such appointment, shall neglect to perform the services required from him, shall forfeit the sum of $1,000.</p> <!-- field-end:statute --> <!-- field-start:sourcecredit --> <p class="source-credit">(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 675.)</p> <!-- field-end:sourcecredit --> <!-- documentid:3_15 usckey:030000000001500000000000000000000 currentthrough:20000123 documentPDFPage:4 --> <!-- itempath:/030/CHAPTER 1/Sec. 15 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAQ --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT!@!CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES!@!Sec. 15 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;15. Counting electoral votes in Congress</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">Congress shall be in session on the sixth day of January succeeding every meeting of the electors. The Senate and House of Representatives shall meet in the Hall of the House of Representatives at the hour of 1 o'clock in the afternoon on that day, and the President of the Senate shall be their presiding officer. Two tellers shall be previously appointed on the part of the Senate and two on the part of the House of Representatives, to whom shall be handed, as they are opened by the President of the Senate, all the certificates and papers purporting to be certificates of the electoral votes, which certificates and papers shall be opened, presented, and acted upon in the alphabetical order of the States, beginning with the letter A; and said tellers, having then read the same in the presence and hearing of the two Houses, shall make a list of the votes as they shall appear from the said certificates; and the votes having been ascertained and counted according to the rules in this subchapter provided, the result of the same shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who shall thereupon announce the state of the vote, which announcement shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons, if any, elected President and Vice President of the United States, and, together with a list of the votes, be entered on the Journals of the two Houses. Upon such reading of any such certificate or paper, the President of the Senate shall call for objections, if any. Every objection shall be made in writing, and shall state clearly and concisely, and without argument, the ground thereof, and shall be signed by at least one Senator and one Member of the House of Repr…

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