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Code · U.S. Code · Title 3 - THE PRESIDENT · CHAPTER 1— PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES · § 13

§ 13. Same; demand on district judge for certificate

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When, after the meeting of the electors shall have been held, no certificates of votes from any State shall have been received at the seat of government on the fourth Wednesday in December, the President of the Senate or, if the President of the Senate be absent from the seat of government, the Archivist of the United States shall send a special messenger to the district judge in whose custody one certificate of votes from that State has been lodged, and such judge shall forthwith transmit that certificate by the hand of such messenger to the seat of government.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 674; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 9, 65 Stat. 712; Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(e)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2291; Pub. L. 117–328, div. P, title I, § 108(b), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5237.)
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  • June 25, 1948, ch. 644
  • 62 Stat. 674
  • Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 9
  • 65 Stat. 712
  • Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(e)(1)
  • 98 Stat. 2291
  • 136 Stat. 5237
  • Pub. L. 98–497
  • section 301 of Pub. L. 98–497
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§ 13
Same; demand on district judge for certificate
ActJune 25, 1948, ch. 644
Stat.62 Stat. 674
ActOct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 9
Stat.65 Stat. 712
Pub. L.Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(e)(1)
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