§ 12. — Failure of certificates of electors to reach President of Senate or Archivist of the United States; demand on State for certificate.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 3USC12]
TITLE 3--THE PRESIDENT
CHAPTER 1--PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES
Sec. 12. Failure of certificates of electors to reach President
of the Senate or Archivist of the United States; demand on State
for certificate
When no certificate of vote and list mentioned in sections 9 and 11
of this title from any State shall have been received by the President
of the Senate or by the Archivist of the United States by the fourth
Wednesday in December, after the meeting of the electors shall have been
held, the President of the Senate or, if he be absent from the seat of
government, the Archivist of the United States shall request, by the
most expeditious method available, the secretary of state of the State
to send up the certificate and list lodged with him by the electors of
such State; and it shall be his duty upon receipt of such request
immediately to transmit same by registered mail to the President of the
Senate at the seat of government.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 674; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, Sec. 8,
65 Stat. 712; Pub. L. 98-497, title I, Sec. 107(e)(1), (2)(B), Oct. 19,
1984, 98 Stat. 2291.)
Amendments
1984--Pub. L. 98-497 substituted ``Archivist of the United States''
for ``Administrator of General Services'' in section catchline and two
places in text.
1951--Act Oct. 31, 1951, substituted ``Administrator of General
Services'' for ``Secretary of State'' in section catchline and two
places in text.
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 98-497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section 301
of Pub. L. 98-497, set out as a note under section 2102 of Title 44,
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