§ 3. Number of electors

Statutory text

The number of electors shall be equal to the number of Senators and Representatives to which the several States are by law entitled at the time when the President and Vice President to be chosen come into office; except, that where no apportionment of Representatives has been made after any enumeration, at the time of choosing electors, the number of electors shall be according to the then existing apportionment of Senators and Representatives.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1948
The President
Pub. L. 80–644 · 62 Stat. 672
Enacted · 3 U.S.C. § 3
(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 672.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 672.)

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Credits

(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 672.)