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title: "3 U.S.C. § 8"
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# 3 U.S.C. § 8 - Manner of voting

## Text

The electors shall vote for President and Vice President, respectively, in the manner directed by the Constitution.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 674.)