(a) In submitting the State's certificate of ascertainment as required by title 3 United States Code section 6, the governor shall certify the State's electors and state in the certificate that:
- (1) The electors shall 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 shall fill the vacancy; and
- (2) If a substitute elector is appointed to fill a vacancy, the governor shall submit an amended certificate of ascertainment stating the names on the final list of the State's electors.
- (b) On or before the day of the meeting of the electors; the governor shall deliver to the electors a list of the names of electors and perform any other duties relating to the presidential electors that are required of the governor by laws of the United States.
[L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; gen ch 1985; am L 2023, c 114, §4]