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3 U.S.C. § 101 — Commencement of term of office
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This section sets when a new President and Vice President's term begins. Each term lasts four years. It always starts on January 20 after the electors vote.
This section sets when a President's and Vice President's term of office starts.
Each President and Vice President is elected to a four-year term. In every case, that term begins on January 20, the date following the day the presidential electors cast their votes.
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The term of four years for which a President and Vice President shall be elected, shall, in all cases, commence on the 20th day of January next succeeding the day on which the votes of the electors have been given.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 678.)
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- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 644 · 62 Stat. 678
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