---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 1b"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "1b"
heading: "Countersignature of certificate of election"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/1b"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — Election of Senators and Representatives"
---

# §1b. Countersignature of certificate of election


The certificate mentioned in [section 1a of this title](/usc/2/1a.md) shall be countersigned by the secretary of state of the [State](/usc/2/4556.md?p=1).


## Source credit

(R.S. § 19.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 19 derived from act July 25, 1866, ch. 245, § 3, 14 Stat. 244.