---
kind: "section"
citation: "3 U.S.C. § 7"
title: "3"
title_heading: "The President"
number: "7"
heading: "Meeting and vote of electors"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/3/7"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — Presidential Elections and Vacancies"
---

# §7. Meeting and vote of electors


The electors of President and Vice President of each [State](/usc/3/21.md?p=2) shall meet and give their votes on the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December next following their appointment at such place in each [State](/usc/3/21.md?p=2) in accordance with the laws of the [State](/usc/3/21.md?p=2) enacted prior to [election day](/usc/3/21.md?p=1).


## Source credit

(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 673; Pub. L. 117–328, div. P, title I, § 106(a), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5236.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2022—Pub. L. 117–328 substituted “Tuesday” for “Monday” and “in accordance with the laws of the State enacted prior to election day” for “as the legislature of such State shall direct”.

### Constitutional Provisions

Day of voting by electors, see Const. Art. II, § 1, cl. 3.

Voting by electors, see Const. Amend. XII.