3 U.S.C. § 3 — Number of electors

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Each state gets as many presidential electors as it has Senators and Representatives combined, counted when the new President and Vice President take office. If Congress has not yet reapportioned Representatives after a census by the time electors are chosen, the state uses its old, existing number of Representatives instead.

The number of presidential electors a state gets equals the number of Senators and Representatives that state has under the law, counted as of the time the newly chosen President and Vice President take office. There is one exception: if no new apportionment of Representatives has happened yet after a census, at the time electors are being chosen, the number of electors is based on the previous, still-existing apportionment of Senators and Representatives instead.

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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.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 672.)

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1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 644 · 62 Stat. 672

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