§ 3505.39Meeting of state's presidential electors

The secretary of state shall immediately upon the completion of the canvass of election returns mail
to each presidential elector so elected a certificate of his election and shall notify him to attend, at a
place in the state capitol which the secretary of state shall select, at twelve noon on the day
designated by the congress of the United States, a meeting of the state's presidential electors for the
purpose of discharging the duties enjoined on them by the constitution of the United States. The
secretary of state, ten days prior to such meeting, shall by letter remind each such elector of the
meeting to be held for casting the vote of the state for president and vice-president of the United
States. Each such elector shall give notice to the secretary of state before nine a.m. of that day
whether or not he will be present at the appointed hour ready to perform his duties as a presidential
elector. If at twelve noon at the place selected by the secretary of state presidential electors equal in
number to the whole number of senators and representatives to which the state may at the time be
entitled in the congress of the United States, are not present, the presidential electors present shall
immediately proceed, in the presence of the governor and secretary of state, to appoint by ballot such
number of persons to serve as presidential electors so that the number of duly elected presidential
electors present at such time and place plus the presidential electors so appointed shall be equal in
number to the whole number of senators and representatives to which the state is at that time entitled
in the congress of the United States; provided, that each such appointment shall be made by a
separate ballot, and that all appointments to fill vacancies existing because duly elected presidential
electors are not present shall be made before other appointments are made, and that in making each
such appointment the person appointed shall be of the same political party as the duly elected
presidential elector whose absence requires such appointment to be made. In case of a tie vote the
governor shall determine the results by lot. The electors making such appointments shall certify
forthwith to the secretary of state the names of the persons so appointed and the secretary of state
shall immediately issue to such appointees certificates of their appointment and notify them thereof.
All of the state's presidential electors, both those duly elected who are then present and those
appointed as herein provided, shall then meet and organize by electing one of their number as
chairman and by designating the secretary of state as ex officio secretary and shall then and there
discharge all of the duties enjoined upon presidential electors by the constitution and laws of the



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United States. Each presidential elector shall receive ten dollars for each day's attendance in
Columbus as such and mileage at the rate of ten cents per mile for the estimated distance by the usual
route from his place of residence to Columbus. Such compensation and mileage shall be upon
vouchers issued by the secretary of state, and shall be paid by the treasurer of state out of the general
fund.




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