§14-27 Filling vacancies of presidential electors; presiding officer. (a) The chief election officer shall preside at the meeting of electors described in section 14-28.
(b) The position of an elector not present to vote shall be vacant. The chief election officer shall appoint an individual as a substitute elector to fill a vacancy as follows:
(c) To qualify as a substitute elector under subsection (b), an individual who has not executed the pledge required under section 14-21(b) shall execute the following pledge: "I agree to serve and to mark my ballots for president and vice president consistent with the pledge of the individual to whose elector position I have succeeded". [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1981, c 100, §2(4); am L 2023, c 114, §5]