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title: "3 U.S.C. § 4"
description: "Vacancies in electoral college"
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title_number: 3
title_name: "THE PRESIDENT"
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chapter_name: "PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES"
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# 3 U.S.C. § 4 - Vacancies in electoral college
## Text
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.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 673; Pub. L. 117328, div. P, title I, § 103, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5234.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments2022—Pub. L. 117328 inserted “enacted prior to election day” after “by law”.