§ 1503Filling of Vacancies Existing in Presidential Electors

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If any such presidential elector shall die, or for
any cause fail to attend at the seat of government at the time
appointed by law, the electors present shall proceed to choose
viva voce a person of the same political party as such deceased
or absent elector, to fill the vacancy occasioned thereby, and
immediately after such choice the name of the person so chosen
shall be transmitted by the presiding officer of the college
to the Governor, who shall forthwith cause notice in writing
to be given to such person of his election; and the person so
elected (and not the person in whose place he shall have been
chosen) shall be an elector and shall, with the other electors,
perform the duties enjoined on them.

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