24.2-203 - Convening of electors; filling vacancies; how electors required to vote.
§ 24.2-203. Convening of electors; filling vacancies; how electors requiredto vote.
The electors shall convene at the capitol building in the capital city of theCommonwealth at 12:00 noon on the first Monday after the second Wednesday inDecember following their election. Those electors present shall immediatelyfill, by ballot and by a plurality of votes, any vacancy due to death,failure or inability to attend, refusal to act, or other cause. When allelectors are present, or the vacancies have been filled, they shall proceedto perform the duties required of such electors by the Constitution and lawsof the United States.
Electors selected by the state convention of any political party as definedin § 24.2-101 shall be required to vote for the nominees of the nationalconvention to which the state convention elects delegates. Electors named inany petition of qualified voters as provided in § 24.2-543 shall be requiredto vote for the persons named for President and for Vice President in thepetition.
(Code 1950, §§ 24-8, 24-9, 24-290.6; 1962, c. 536; 1970, c. 462, §§ 24.1-9,24.1-162; 1993, c. 641; 2001, c. 630.)