Title 2, The CongressRelease 119-102
§9 Voting for Representatives
Title 2 › CHAPTER 1 — ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES › § 9
Summary
Votes for Representatives must be by paper ballot or a voting machine the state allows; any votes cast another way do not count.
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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 2, The Congress
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102