Title 2The CongressRelease 119-73

§9 Voting for Representatives

Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES › § 9

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Title 2, §9

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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.

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

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2 U.S.C. § 9

Title 2The Congress

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Apr 6, 2026

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