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Elections Code § 6915

CHAPTER 1.2. Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act

Current as of September 28, 2026Elec. Code, § 6915Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 216, Sec. 8. (SB 103) Effective January 1, 2023.

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.