---
kind: "unit"
title: "3"
title_heading: "The President"
key: "ch1"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 1"
heading: "Presidential Elections and Vacancies"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/3/ch1"
sections_count: 22
---

# Chapter 1 — Presidential Elections and Vacancies

Title 3 — The President

## Sections

- [§1. Time of appointing electors](/usc/3/1.md)
- [§2. Repealed.](/usc/3/2.md)
- [§3. Number of electors](/usc/3/3.md)
- [§4. Vacancies in electoral college](/usc/3/4.md)
- [§5. Certificate of ascertainment of appointment of electors](/usc/3/5.md)
- [§6. Duties of Archivist](/usc/3/6.md)
- [§7. Meeting and vote of electors](/usc/3/7.md)
- [§8. Manner of voting](/usc/3/8.md)
- [§9. Certificates of votes for President and Vice President](/usc/3/9.md)
- [§10. Sealing and endorsing certificates](/usc/3/10.md)
- [§11. Transmission of certificates by electors](/usc/3/11.md)
- [§12. Failure of certificates of electors to reach President of the Senate or Archivist of the United States; demand on State for certificate](/usc/3/12.md)
- [§13. Same; demand on district judge for certificate](/usc/3/13.md)
- [§14. Repealed.](/usc/3/14.md)
- [§15. Counting electoral votes in Congress](/usc/3/15.md)
- [§16. Same; seats for officers and Members of two Houses in joint session](/usc/3/16.md)
- [§17. Same; limit of debate in each House](/usc/3/17.md)
- [§18. Same; parliamentary procedure at joint session](/usc/3/18.md)
- [§19. Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act](/usc/3/19.md)
- [§20. Resignation or refusal of office](/usc/3/20.md)
- [§21. Definitions](/usc/3/21.md)
- [§22. Severability](/usc/3/22.md)