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CHAPTER 1⁠—ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES — Front Matter

Chap.Sec.
1.Time for election of Senators.
1a.Election to be certified by governor.
1b.Countersignature of certificate of election.
2.Omitted.
2a.Reapportionment of Representatives; time and manner; existing decennial census figures as basis; statement by President; duty of clerk.
2b.Number of Representatives from each State in 78th and subsequent Congresses.
2c.Number of Congressional Districts; number of Representatives from each District.
3 , 4.Omitted.
5.Nominations for Representatives at large.
6.Reduction of representation.
7.Time of election.
8.Vacancies.
9.Voting for Representatives.