Title 3The PresidentRelease 119-73

§9 Certificates of votes for President and Vice President

Title 3 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES › § 9

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

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Electors must sign six certificates, each listing two separate lists (President votes and Vice President votes), and attach the state's certificate showing their appointment to each.

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Title 3, §9

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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 of votes one of the certificates of ascertainment of appointment of electors which shall have been furnished to them by direction of the executive of the State.

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2022—Pub. L. 117–328 substituted “annex to each of the certificates of votes one of the certificates of ascertainment of appointment of electors” for “annex to each of the certificates one of the lists of the electors”.

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3 U.S.C. § 9

Title 3The President

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73