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§ 6. Credentials of electors; transmission to Archivist of the United States and to Congress;

public inspection

It shall be the duty of the executive of each

State, as soon as practicable after the conclusion of the appointment of the electors in such

State by the final ascertainment, under and in

pursuance of the laws of such State providing

for such ascertainment, to communicate by registered mail under the seal of the State to the

Archivist of the United States a certificate of

such ascertainment of the electors appointed,

setting forth the names of such electors and the

canvass or other ascertainment under the laws

of such State of the number of votes given or

cast for each person for whose appointment any

and all votes have been given or cast; and it

shall also thereupon be the duty of the executive

of each State to deliver to the electors of such

State, on or before the day on which they are required by section 7 of this title to meet, six duplicate-originals of the same certificate under

the seal of the State; and if there shall have

been any final determination in a State in the

manner provided for by law of a controversy or

contest concerning the appointment of all or

any of the electors of such State, it shall be the

duty of the executive of such State, as soon as

practicable after such determination, to communicate under the seal of the State to the Archivist of the United States a certificate of such determination in form and manner as the same

shall have been made; and the certificate or certificates so received by the Archivist of the

United States shall be preserved by him for one

year and shall be a part of the public records of

his office and shall be open to public inspection;

and the Archivist of the United States at the

first meeting of Congress thereafter shall transmit to the two Houses of Congress copies in full

of each and every such certificate so received at

the National Archives and Records Administration.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 673; Oct. 31, 1951,

ch. 655, §6, 65 Stat. 711; Pub. L. 98–497, title I,

§107(e)(1), (2)(A), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2291.)

AMENDMENTS

1984—Pub. L. 98–497 substituted ‘‘Archivist of the

United States’’ for ‘‘Administrator of General Services’’ in section catchline and wherever appearing in

text and ‘‘National Archives and Records Administration’’ for ‘‘General Services Administration’’.

1951—Act Oct. 31, 1951, substituted ‘‘Administrator of

General Services’’ for ‘‘Secretary of State’’ in section

catchline and several places in text, and for ‘‘Secretary

of State of the United States’’ in one place, and ‘‘General Services Administration’’ for ‘‘State Department’’.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 98–497 effective Apr. 1, 1985,

see section 301 of Pub. L. 98–497, set out as a note under

section 2102 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 15 of this title.

§ 7. Meeting and vote of electors

The electors of President and Vice President

of each State shall meet and give their votes on

the first Monday after the second Wednesday in

December next following their appointment at

such place in each State as the legislature of

such State shall direct.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 673.)

CROSS REFERENCES

Day of voting by electors, see Const. Art. II, §1, cl. 3.

Voting by electors, see Const. Amend. XII.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 6 of this title.

§ 8. Manner of voting

The electors shall vote for President and Vice

President, respectively, in the manner directed

by the Constitution.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 674.)

§ 9. Certificates of votes for President and Vice

President

The electors shall make and sign six certificates of all the votes given by them, each of

which certificates shall contain two distinct

lists, one of the votes for President and the

other of the votes for Vice President, and shall

annex to each of the certificates one of the lists

of the electors which shall have been furnished

to them by direction of the executive of the

State.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 674.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 12 of this title.

§ 10. Sealing and endorsing certificates

The electors shall seal up the certificates so

made by them, and certify upon each that the

lists of all the votes of such State given for

President, and of all the votes given for Vice

President, are contained therein.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 674.)

§ 11. Disposition of certificates

The electors shall dispose of the certificates so

made by them and the lists attached thereto in

the following manner:

First. They shall forthwith forward by registered mail one of the same to the President of

the Senate at the seat of government.

Second. Two of the same shall be delivered to

the secretary of state of the State, one of which

shall be held subject to the order of the President of the Senate, the other to be preserved by

him for one year and shall be a part of the public records of his office and shall be open to public inspection.

Third. On the day thereafter they shall forward by registered mail two of such certificates

and lists to the Archivist of the United States at

the seat of government, one of which shall be

held subject to the order of the President of the

Senate. The other shall be preserved by the Archivist of the United States for one year and

shall be a part of the public records of his office

and shall be open to public inspection.

Fourth. They shall forthwith cause the other

of the certificates and lists to be delivered to

the judge of the district in which the electors

shall have assembled.