3 USC § 4 - Vacancies in electoral college

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identifier: "/us/usc/t3/s4"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "3 USC § 4 - Vacancies in electoral college"
title_number: 3
title_name: "THE PRESIDENT"
section_number: "4"
section_name: "Vacancies in electoral college"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 673; Pub. L. 117–328, div. P, title I, § 103, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5234.)"
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# § 4. Vacancies in electoral college

Each State may, by law enacted prior to election day, provide for the filling of any vacancies which may occur in its college of electors when such college meets to give its electoral vote.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 673; Pub. L. 117–328, div. P, title I, § 103, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5234.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2022— inserted “enacted prior to election day” after “by law”.