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3 U.S.C. 4: Vacancies in electoral collegeText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 3-THE PRESIDENTCHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES
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§4. Vacancies in electoral college

Each State may, by law enacted prior to election day, provide for the filling of any vacancies which may occur in its college of electors when such college meets to give its electoral vote.

( June 25, 1948, ch. 644 , 62 Stat. 673 ; Pub. L. 117–328, div. P, title I, § 103 , Dec. 29, 2022 , 136 Stat. 5234 .)

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2022⁠—Pub. L. 117–328 inserted “enacted prior to election day” after “by law”.