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           CHAPTER 1 - ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES       

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    Sec.                                                     
    1.          Time for election of Senators.                        
    1a.         Election to be certified by governor.                 
    1b.         Countersignature of certificate of election.          
    2.          Omitted.                                              
    2a.         Reapportionment of Representatives; time and manner;
                 existing decennial census figures as basis; statement
                 by President; duty of clerk.                         
    2b.         Number of Representatives from each State in 78th and
                 subsequent Congresses.                               
    2c.         Number of Congressional Districts; number of
                 Representatives from each District.                  
    3, 4.       Omitted.                                              
    5.          Nominations for Representatives at large.             
    6.          Reduction of representation.                          
    7.          Time of election.                                     
    8.          Vacancies.                                            
    9.          Voting for Representatives.                           

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    2 USC Sec. 1                                                01/03/2007

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    Sec. 1. Time for election of Senators

-STATUTE-
      At the regular election held in any State next preceding the
    expiration of the term for which any Senator was elected to
    represent such State in Congress, at which election a
    Representative to Congress is regularly by law to be chosen, a
    United States Senator from said State shall be elected by the
    people thereof for the term commencing on the 3d day of January
    next thereafter.

-SOURCE-
    (June 4, 1914, ch. 103, Sec. 1, 38 Stat. 384; June 5, 1934, ch.
    390, Sec. 3, 48 Stat. 879.)

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                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1934 - Act June 5, 1934, substituted "3d day of January" for
    "fourth day of March".

                         CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS                     
      The first section of Amendment XX to the Constitution provides in
    part: "* * * the terms of Senators and Representatives [shall end]
    at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms
    would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the
    terms of their successors shall then begin."
      Time for election of Senators, see Const. Art. I, Sec. 4, cl. 1.
      Vacancies in the Senate, see Const. Amend. XVII.

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    2 USC Sec. 1a                                               01/03/2007

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    Sec. 1a. Election to be certified by governor

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      It shall be the duty of the executive of the State from which any
    Senator has been chosen to certify his election, under the seal of
    the State, to the President of the Senate of the United States.

-SOURCE-
    (R.S. Sec. 18.)

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                               CODIFICATION                           
      R.S. Sec. 18 derived from act July 25, 1866, ch. 245, Sec. 3, 14
    Stat. 244.

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    2 USC Sec. 1b                                               01/03/2007

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    Sec. 1b. Countersignature of certificate of election

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      The certificate mentioned in section 1a of this title shall be
    countersigned by the secretary of state of the State.

-SOURCE-
    (R.S. Sec. 19.)

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                               CODIFICATION                           
      R.S. Sec. 19 derived from act July 25, 1866, ch. 245, Sec. 3, 14
    Stat. 244.

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    2 USC Sec. 2                                                01/03/2007

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    Sec. 2. Omitted

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                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section, act Aug. 8, 1911, ch. 5, Secs. 1, 2, 37 Stat. 13, 14,
    fixed composition of House of Representatives at 435 Members, to be
    apportioned to the States therein enumerated. For provisions
    dealing with reapportionment of Representatives and manner of
    election, etc., see sections 2a and 2b of this title.

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    2 USC Sec. 2a                                               01/03/2007

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    Sec. 2a. Reapportionment of Representatives; time and manner;
      existing decennial census figures as basis; statement by
      President; duty of clerk

-STATUTE-
      (a) On the first day, or within one week thereafter, of the first
    regular session of the Eighty-second Congress and of each fifth
    Congress thereafter, the President shall transmit to the Congress a
    statement showing the whole number of persons in each State,
    excluding Indians not taxed, as ascertained under the seventeenth
    and each subsequent decennial census of the population, and the
    number of Representatives to which each State would be entitled
    under an apportionment of the then existing number of
    Representatives by the method known as the method of equal
    proportions, no State to receive less than one Member.
      (b) Each State shall be entitled, in the Eighty-third Congress
    and in each Congress thereafter until the taking effect of a
    reapportionment under this section or subsequent statute, to the
    number of Representatives shown in the statement required by
    subsection (a) of this section, no State to receive less than one
    Member. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the House of
    Representatives, within fifteen calendar days after the receipt of
    such statement, to send to the executive of each State a
    certificate of the number of Representatives to which such State is
    entitled under this section. In case of a vacancy in the office of
    Clerk, or of his absence or inability to discharge this duty, then
    such duty shall devolve upon the Sergeant at Arms of the House of
    Representatives.
      (c) Until a State is redistricted in the manner provided by the
    law thereof after any apportionment, the Representatives to which
    such State is entitled under such apportionment shall be elected in
    the following manner: (1) If there is no change in the number of
    Representatives, they shall be elected from the districts then
    prescribed by the law of such State, and if any of them are elected
    from the State at large they shall continue to be so elected; (2)
    if there is an increase in the number of Representatives, such
    additional Representative or Representatives shall be elected from
    the State at large and the other Representatives from the districts
    then prescribed by the law of such State; (3) if there is a
    decrease in the number of Representatives but the number of
    districts in such State is equal to such decreased number of
    Representatives, they shall be elected from the districts then
    prescribed by the law of such State; (4) if there is a decrease in
    the number of Representatives but the number of districts in such
    State is less than such number of Representatives, the number of
    Representatives by which such number of districts is exceeded shall
    be elected from the State at large and the other Representatives
    from the districts then prescribed by the law of such State; or (5)
    if there is a decrease in the number of Representatives and the
    number of districts in such State exceeds such decreased number of
    Representatives, they shall be elected from the State at large.

-SOURCE-
    (June 18, 1929, ch. 28, Sec. 22, 46 Stat. 26; Apr. 25, 1940, ch.
    152, 54 Stat. 162; Nov. 15, 1941, ch. 470, Sec. 1, 55 Stat. 761;
    Pub. L. 104-186, title II, Sec. 201, Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat.
    1724.)

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                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1996 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-186 struck out at end "; and in
    case of vacancies in the offices of both the Clerk and the Sergeant
    at Arms, or the absence or inability of both to act, such duty
    shall devolve upon the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives".
      1941 - Act Nov. 15, 1941, provided for reapportionment based on
    seventeenth and subsequent decennial censuses.
      1940 - Act Apr. 25, 1940, provided for reapportionment based on
    sixteenth decennial census.

                   TERMINATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS               
      For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions of law
    requiring submittal to Congress of any annual, semiannual, or other
    regular periodic report listed in House Document No. 103-7 (in
    which the report required by subsec. (a) of this section is listed
    on page 17), see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104-66, as amended, set
    out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance.

                         CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS                     
      Apportionment of Representatives among the several States, see
    Const. Art. I, Sec. 2, cl. 3, and Amend. XIV, Sec. 2.

                     TEMPORARY INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP                 
      Representation of States of Alaska and Hawaii in House of
    Representatives as not affecting basis of apportionment established
    by this section, see section 9 of Pub. L. 85-508, July 7, 1958, 72
    Stat. 339, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 48,
    Territories and Insular Possessions, and section 8 of Pub. L. 86-3,
    Mar. 18, 1959, 73 Stat. 4, set out as a note preceding section 491
    of Title 48.

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    2 USC Sec. 2b                                               01/03/2007

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    Sec. 2b. Number of Representatives from each State in 78th and
      subsequent Congresses

-STATUTE-
      Each State shall be entitled, in the Seventy-eighth and in each
    Congress thereafter until the taking effect of a reapportionment
    under a subsequent statute or section 2a of this title, to the
    number of Representatives shown in the statement transmitted to the
    Congress on January 8, 1941, based upon the method known as the
    method of equal proportions, no State to receive less than one
    Member.

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    (Nov. 15, 1941, ch. 470, Sec. 2(a), 55 Stat. 762.)

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                   CERTIFICATES TO EXECUTIVES OF STATES               
      Section 2(b) of act Nov. 15, 1941, required Clerk of House of
    Representatives, within 15 days of Nov. 15, 1941, to send a new
    certificate of entitlement of a State to Representatives, if such a
    certificate had been sent prior to Nov. 15, 1941, under provisions
    of section 2a of this title.

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    2 USC Sec. 2c                                               01/03/2007

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    Sec. 2c. Number of Congressional Districts; number of
      Representatives from each District

-STATUTE-
      In each State entitled in the Ninety-first Congress or in any
    subsequent Congress thereafter to more than one Representative
    under an apportionment made pursuant to the provisions of section
    2a(a) of this title, there shall be established by law a number of
    districts equal to the number of Representatives to which such
    State is so entitled, and Representatives shall be elected only
    from districts so established, no district to elect more than one
    Representative (except that a State which is entitled to more than
    one Representative and which has in all previous elections elected
    its Representatives at Large may elect its Representatives at Large
    to the Ninety-first Congress).

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    (Pub. L. 90-196, Dec. 14, 1967, 81 Stat. 581.)

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    2 USC Secs. 3, 4                                            01/03/2007

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    Secs. 3, 4. Omitted

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                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section 3, act Aug. 8, 1911, ch. 5, Sec. 3, 37 Stat. 14, which
    related to election by districts, expired by its own limitation on
    enactment of Reapportionment Act of June 18, 1929, ch. 28, Sec. 22,
    46 Stat. 21 (section 2a of this title). It was not restated in act
    June 18, 1929, providing for reapportionment under Fifteenth
    Census, and hence it was not applicable thereto. See Wood v. Broom,
    1932 (53 S. Ct. 1, 287 U.S. 1, 77 L. Ed. 131).
      Section 4, act Aug. 8, 1911, ch. 5, Sec. 4, 37 Stat. 14, which
    related to additional Representatives at large, expired by its own
    limitation on enactment of Reapportionment Act of June 18, 1929,
    ch. 28, Sec. 22, 46 Stat. 21 (section 2a of this title). It was not
    restated in act June 18, 1929, providing for reapportionment under
    Fifteenth Census, and hence it was not applicable thereto. See Wood
    v. Broom, 1932 (53 S. Ct. 1, 287 U.S. 1, 77 L. Ed. 131).

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    2 USC Sec. 5                                                01/03/2007

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    Sec. 5. Nominations for Representatives at large

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      Candidates for Representative or Representatives to be elected at
    large in any State shall be nominated in the same manner as
    candidates for governor, unless otherwise provided by the laws of
    such State.

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    (Aug. 8, 1911, ch. 5, Sec. 5, 37 Stat. 14.)

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    2 USC Sec. 6                                                01/03/2007

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    Sec. 6. Reduction of representation

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      Should any State deny or abridge the right of any of the male
    inhabitants thereof, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of
    the United States, to vote at any election named in the amendment
    to the Constitution, article 14, section 2, except for
    participation in the rebellion or other crime, the number of
    Representatives apportioned to such State shall be reduced in the
    proportion which the number of such male citizens shall have to the
    whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such
    State.

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    (R.S. Sec. 22.)

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                               CODIFICATION                           
      R.S. Sec. 22 derived from act Feb. 2, 1872, ch. 11, Sec. 6, 17
    Stat. 29.

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    2 USC Sec. 7                                                01/03/2007

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    Sec. 7. Time of election

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      The Tuesday next after the 1st Monday in November, in every even
    numbered year, is established as the day for the election, in each
    of the States and Territories of the United States, of
    Representatives and Delegates to the Congress commencing on the 3d
    day of January next thereafter.

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    (R.S. Sec. 25; Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 130, Sec. 6, 18 Stat. 400; June 5,
    1934, ch. 390, Sec. 2, 48 Stat. 879.)

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                               CODIFICATION                           
      R.S. Sec. 25 derived from act Feb. 2, 1872, ch. 11, Sec. 3, 17
    Stat. 28.
      The second sentence of this section, which was based on section 6
    of the act Mar. 3, 1875 and made this section inapplicable to any
    State that had not yet changed its day of election and whose
    constitution required an amendment to change the day of election of
    its State officers, was omitted.

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                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1934 - Act June 5, 1934, substituted "3d day of January" for
    "fourth day of March".

                         CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS                     
      The first section of Amendment XX to the Constitution provides:
    "The terms of Senators and Representatives [shall end] at noon on
    the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have
    ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their
    successors shall then begin."
      Time for election of Representatives, see Const. Art. I, Sec. 4,
    cl. 1.

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    2 USC Sec. 8                                                01/03/2007

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    Sec. 8. Vacancies

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    (a) In general
      Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the time
    for holding elections in any State, District, or Territory for a
    Representative or Delegate to fill a vacancy, whether such vacancy
    is caused by a failure to elect at the time prescribed by law, or
    by the death, resignation, or incapacity of a person elected, may
    be prescribed by the laws of the several States and Territories
    respectively.
    (b) Special rules in extraordinary circumstances
      (1) In general
        In extraordinary circumstances, the executive authority of any
      State in which a vacancy exists in its representation in the
      House of Representatives shall issue a writ of election to fill
      such vacancy by special election.
      (2) Timing of special election
        A special election held under this subsection to fill a vacancy
      shall take place not later than 49 days after the Speaker of the
      House of Representatives announces that the vacancy exists,
      unless, during the 75-day period which begins on the date of the
      announcement of the vacancy - 
          (A) a regularly scheduled general election for the office
        involved is to be held; or
          (B) another special election for the office involved is to be
        held, pursuant to a writ for a special election issued by the
        chief executive of the State prior to the date of the
        announcement of the vacancy.
      (3) Nominations by parties
        If a special election is to be held under this subsection, the
      determination of the candidates who will run in such election
      shall be made - 
          (A) by nominations made not later than 10 days after the
        Speaker announces that the vacancy exists by the political
        parties of the State that are authorized by State law to
        nominate candidates for the election; or
          (B) by any other method the State considers appropriate,
        including holding primary elections, that will ensure that the
        State will hold the special election within the deadline
        required under paragraph (2).
      (4) Extraordinary circumstances
        (A) In general
          In this subsection, "extraordinary circumstances" occur when
        the Speaker of the House of Representatives announces that
        vacancies in the representation from the States in the House
        exceed 100.
        (B) Judicial review
          If any action is brought for declaratory or injunctive relief
        to challenge an announcement made under subparagraph (A), the
        following rules shall apply:
            (i) Not later than 2 days after the announcement, the
          action shall be filed in the United States District Court
          having jurisdiction in the district of the Member of the
          House of Representatives whose seat has been announced to be
          vacant and shall be heard by a 3-judge court convened
          pursuant to section 2284 of title 28.
            (ii) A copy of the complaint shall be delivered promptly to
          the Clerk of the House of Representatives.
            (iii) A final decision in the action shall be made within 3
          days of the filing of such action and shall not be
          reviewable.
            (iv) The executive authority of the State that contains the
          district of the Member of the House of Representatives whose
          seat has been announced to be vacant shall have the right to
          intervene either in support of or opposition to the position
          of a party to the case regarding the announcement of such
          vacancy.
      (5) Protecting ability of absent military and overseas voters to
        participate in special elections
        (A) Deadline for transmittal of absentee ballots
          In conducting a special election held under this subsection
        to fill a vacancy in its representation, the State shall ensure
        to the greatest extent practicable (including through the use
        of electronic means) that absentee ballots for the election are
        transmitted to absent uniformed services voters and overseas
        voters (as such terms are defined in the Uniformed and Overseas
        Citizens Absentee Voting Act [42 U.S.C. 1973ff et seq.]) not
        later than 15 days after the Speaker of the House of
        Representatives announces that the vacancy exists.
        (B) Period for ballot transit time
          Notwithstanding the deadlines referred to in paragraphs (2)
        and (3), in the case of an individual who is an absent
        uniformed services voter or an overseas voter (as such terms
        are defined in the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee
        Voting Act), a State shall accept and process any otherwise
        valid ballot or other election material from the voter so long
        as the ballot or other material is received by the appropriate
        State election official not later than 45 days after the State
        transmits the ballot or other material to the voter.
      (6) Application to District of Columbia and territories
        This subsection shall apply - 
          (A) to a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress in
        the same manner as it applies to a Member of the House of
        Representatives; and
          (B) to the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
        Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the United States Virgin
        Islands in the same manner as it applies to a State, except
        that a vacancy in the representation from any such jurisdiction
        in the House shall not be taken into account by the Speaker in
        determining whether vacancies in the representation from the
        States in the House exceed 100 for purposes of paragraph
        (4)(A).
      (7) Rule of construction regarding Federal election laws
        Nothing in this subsection may be construed to affect the
      application to special elections under this subsection of any
      Federal law governing the administration of elections for Federal
      office (including any law providing for the enforcement of any
      such law), including, but not limited to, the following:
          (A) The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.),
        as amended.
          (B) The Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped
        Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ee et seq.), as amended.
          (C) The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
        (42 U.S.C. 1973ff et seq.), as amended.
          (D) The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C.
        1973gg et seq.), as amended.
          (E) The Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
        12101 et seq.), as amended.
          (F) The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.),
        as amended.
          (G) The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15301 et
        seq.), as amended.

-SOURCE-
    (R.S. Sec. 26; Pub. L. 109-55, title III, Sec. 301, Aug. 2, 2005,
    119 Stat. 588.)

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                            REFERENCES IN TEXT                        
      The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, referred
    to in subsec. (b)(5), (7)(C), is Pub. L. 99-410, Aug. 28, 1986, 100
    Stat. 924, as amended, which is classified principally to
    subchapter I-G (Sec. 1973ff et seq.) of chapter 20 of Title 42, The
    Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act
    to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1971 of
    Title 42 and Tables.
      The Voting Rights Act of 1965, referred to in subsec. (b)(7)(A),
    is Pub. L. 89-110, Aug. 6, 1965, 79 Stat. 437, as amended, which is
    classified generally to subchapters I-A (Sec. 1973 et seq.), I-B
    (Sec. 1973aa et seq.), and I-C (Sec. 1973bb et seq.) of chapter 20
    of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete
    classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set
    out under section 1971 of Title 42 and Tables.
      The Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act,
    referred to in subsec. (b)(7)(B), is Pub. L. 98-435, Sept. 28,
    1984, 98 Stat. 1678, as amended, which is classified generally to
    subchapter I-F (Sec. 1973ee et seq.) of chapter 20 of Title 42, The
    Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act
    to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1971 of
    Title 42 and Tables.
      The National Voter Registration Act of 1993, referred to in
    subsec. (b)(7)(D), is Pub. L. 103-31, May 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 77,
    as amended, which is classified principally to subchapter I-H (Sec.
    1973gg et seq.) of chapter 20 of Title 42, The Public Health and
    Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
    Short Title note set out under section 1971 of Title 42 and Tables.
      The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, referred to in
    subsec. (b)(7)(E), is Pub. L. 101-336, July 26, 1990, 104 Stat.
    327, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 126
    (Sec. 12101 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.
    For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short
    Title note set out under section 12101 of Title 42 and Tables.
      The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, referred to in subsec. (b)(7)(F),
    is Pub. L. 93-112, Sept. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 355, as amended, which
    is classified generally to chapter 16 (Sec. 701 et seq.) of Title
    29, Labor. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
    Short Title note set out under section 701 of Title 29 and Tables.
      The Help America Vote Act of 2002, referred to in subsec.
    (b)(7)(G), is Pub. L. 107-252, Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1666, which
    is classified principally to chapter 146 (Sec. 15301 et seq.) of
    Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete
    classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set
    out under section 15301 of Title 42 and Tables.

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                               CODIFICATION                           
      R.S. Sec. 26 derived from act Feb. 2, 1872, ch. 11, Sec. 4, 17
    Stat. 28.

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                                AMENDMENTS                            
      2005 - Pub. L. 109-55 designated existing provisions as subsec.
    (a), inserted heading, substituted "Except as provided in
    subsection (b) of this section, the time" for "The time", and added
    subsec. (b).

                         CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS                     
      Vacancies in the House of Representatives, see Const. Art. I,
    Sec. 2, cl. 4.

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    2 USC Sec. 9                                                01/03/2007

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    Sec. 9. Voting for Representatives

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      All votes for Representatives in Congress must be by written or
    printed ballot, or voting machine the use of which has been duly
    authorized by the State law; and all votes received or recorded
    contrary to this section shall be of no effect.

-SOURCE-
    (R.S. Sec. 27; Feb. 14, 1899, ch. 154, 30 Stat. 836.)

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      R.S. Sec. 27 derived from acts Feb. 28, 1871, ch. 99, Sec. 19, 16
    Stat. 440, and May 30, 1872, ch. 239, 17 Stat. 192.

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