§ 6. — Credentials of electors; transmission to Archivist of the United States and to Congress; public inspection.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 3USC6]
TITLE 3--THE PRESIDENT
CHAPTER 1--PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES
Sec. 6. Credentials of electors; transmission to Archivist of
the United States and to Congress; public inspection
It shall be the duty of the executive of each State, as soon as
practicable after the conclusion of the appointment of the electors in
such State by the final ascertainment, under and in pursuance of the
laws of such State providing for such ascertainment, to communicate by
registered mail under the seal of the State to the Archivist of the
United States a certificate of such ascertainment of the electors
appointed, setting forth the names of such electors and the canvass or
other ascertainment under the laws of such State of the number of votes
given or cast for each person for whose appointment any and all votes
have been given or cast; and it shall also thereupon be the duty of the
executive of each State to deliver to the electors of such State, on or
before the day on which they are required by section 7 of this title to
meet, six duplicate-originals of the same certificate under the seal of
the State; and if there shall have been any final determination in a
State in the manner provided for by law of a controversy or contest
concerning the appointment of all or any of the electors of such State,
it shall be the duty of the executive of such State, as soon as
practicable after such determination, to communicate under the seal of
the State to the Archivist of the United States a certificate of such
determination in form and manner as the same shall have been made; and
the certificate or certificates so received by the Archivist of the
United States shall be preserved by him for one year and shall be a part
of the public records of his office and shall be open to public
inspection; and the Archivist of the United States at the first meeting
of Congress thereafter shall transmit to the two Houses of Congress
copies in full of each and every such certificate so received at the
National Archives and Records Administration.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 673; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, Sec. 6,
65 Stat. 711; Pub. L. 98-497, title I, Sec. 107(e)(1), (2)(A), 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
wherever appearing in text and ``National Archives and Records
Administration'' for ``General Services Administration''.
1951--Act Oct. 31, 1951, substituted ``Administrator of General
Services'' for ``Secretary of State'' in section catchline and several
places in text, and for ``Secretary of State of the United States'' in
one place, and ``General Services Administration'' for ``State
Department''.
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,
Public Printing and Documents.
Termination of Reporting Requirements
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions of law
requiring submittal to Congress of any annual, semiannual, or other
regular periodic report listed in House Document No. 103-7 (in which the
requirement under this section that the Archivist transmit to Congress
copies of certificates of ascertainment is listed as a report on page
179), see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104-66, as amended, set out as a note
under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 15 of this title.
