{"code":"ELEC","codeName":"Elections Code","section":"6915","citation":"Elec. Code, § 6915","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 6. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [6000. - 6954.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-6"},{"name":"PART 2. ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS [6900. - 6954.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-6/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1.2. Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act [6911. - 6919.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-6/part-2/chapter-1.2"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 216, Sec. 8.   (SB 103)   Effective January 1, 2023.","effective":"2023-01-01","html":"<p>In submitting this state’s certificate of ascertainment as required by Section <a href=\"/elec/6\">6</a> of Title 3 of the United States Code, the Governor shall certify this state’s electors and state in the certificate that:</p><p>(a) The electors will serve as electors unless a vacancy occurs in the office of elector before the end of the meeting at which elector votes are cast, in which case a substitute elector will fill the vacancy.</p><p>(b) If a substitute elector is appointed to fill a vacancy, the Governor will submit an amended certificate of ascertainment stating the names on the final list of this state’s electors.</p>","text":"In submitting this state’s certificate of ascertainment as required by Section 6 of Title 3 of the United States Code, the Governor shall certify this state’s electors and state in the certificate that: (a) The electors will serve as electors unless a vacancy occurs in the office of elector before the end of the meeting at which elector votes are cast, in which case a substitute elector will fill the vacancy. (b) If a substitute elector is appointed to fill a vacancy, the Governor will submit an amended certificate of ascertainment stating the names on the final list of this state’s electors.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/uniform-faithful-presidential-electors-act-6915","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}