§ 8. — Vacancies.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC8]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 1--ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES
Sec. 8. Vacancies
The time for holding elections in any State, District, or Territory
for a Representative or Delegate to fill a vacancy, whether such vacancy
is caused by a failure to elect at the time prescribed by law, or by the
death, resignation, or incapacity of a person elected, may be prescribed
by the laws of the several States and Territories respectively.
(R.S. Sec. 26.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 26 derived from act Feb. 2, 1872, ch. 11, Sec. 4, 17 Stat.
28.
Constitutional Provisions
Vacancies in the House of Representatives, see Const. Art. I,
Sec. 2, cl. 4.
