The President of the United States

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The Appointment of the U.S. President in the U.S. Code

3 U.S.C. § 1 : US Code – Section 1: Time of appointing electors

This description of the The President tracks the language of the U.S. Code, except that, sometimes, we use plain English and that we may refer to the “Act” (meaning The President) rather than to the “subchapter” or the “title” of the United States Code.

U.S. Code Citation

3 U.S.C. § 1

U.S. Code Section and Head

• United States Code – Section 1
• Head of the Section: Time of appointing electors

Text of the Section

The electors of President and Vice President shall be appointed, in each State, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, in every fourth year succeeding every election of a President and Vice President.