3 U.S.C. § 7
Section 7 · Meeting and vote of electors
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case James Carson v. Steve Simon (2020)
Most recently applied in United States v. Larry Brock (March 2024)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The electors of President and Vice President of each State shall meet and give their votes on the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December next following their appointment at such place in each State in accordance with the laws of the State enacted prior to election day.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2022—Pub. L. 117–328 substituted "Tuesday" for "Monday" and "in accordance with the laws of the State enacted prior to election day" for "as the legislature of such State shall direct".
Constitutional Provisions
Day of voting by electors, see Const. Art. II, §1, cl. 3.
Voting by electors, see Const. Amend. XII.