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3 U.S.C. § 1 — Time of appointing electors
submitted 4 years ago by Pub. L. 117-328 to r/title-3-THE-PRESIDENT · 29 words · no verdicts yet
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This section says when states must appoint presidential electors. States do it on election day. Each state follows its own laws, as long as those laws were passed before election day.
This section is a single, undivided provision setting the timing for appointing presidential electors.
Each State appoints its electors of President and Vice President on election day.
The State makes this appointment following its own laws. Those laws must have been enacted before election day — a State cannot change its rules for choosing electors after election day has arrived.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
The electors of President and Vice President shall be appointed, in each State, on election day, in accordance with the laws of the State enacted prior to election day.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 117–328, div. P, title I, § 102(a), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5233.)
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- 2022Enacted · Pub. L. 117-328 · 136 Stat. 5233
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 117-328 on 2022-12-29.
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