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3 U.S.C. § 4

U.S. CodeFederalPositive Law
Vacancies in electoral college
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/us/usc/t3/s4
Title
3 — The President
Chapter
CH1
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

Section Text

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Each State may, by law enacted prior to election day, provide for the filling of any vacancies which may occur in its college of electors when such college meets to give its electoral vote. (June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 673; Pub. L. 117–328, div. P, title I, § 103, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5234.) Editorial Notes Amendments2022—Pub. L. 117–328 inserted “enacted prior to election day” after “by law”.

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