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3 U.S.C. § 15

Counting electoral votes in Congress

United States · Title 3 — THE PRESIDENT · Status: effective

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3 U.S.C. § 15, Counting electoral votes in Congress, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/423948
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The President of the Senate shall— No objection or other question arising in the matter shall be in order unless the objection or question— The only grounds for objections shall be as follows: Except as provided in subparagraph (B)— The vote of an elector who has been appointed under a certificate of ascertainment of appointment of electors issued pursuant to section 5 shall not be counted if—

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.