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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="11-601" title_number="11" title_name="Canvassing" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Certification of General Election Results and Issuance of Commissions of Election">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On receipt, in accordance with this subtitle, of the returns of an election for electors to choose a President and Vice President of the United States or of an election to choose a member of Congress, the Governor shall, consistent with the returns of the election received by the Governor in accordance with this subtitle:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>ascertain and enumerate the number of votes cast for each candidate for President and Vice President of the United States and declare elected the presidential electors of the candidates who receive the highest number of votes; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>in each contest, ascertain and enumerate the number of votes cast for each candidate voted for as a member of Congress and declare elected the candidate who receives the highest number of votes.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>After ascertaining and enumerating the number of votes for candidates as required by subsection (a) of this section, the Governor shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>issue and transmit a certificate of electors under 3 U.S.C. § 5;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>sign and issue a proclamation declaring the name of each candidate who is elected; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>cause the proclamation to be posted on the State Board’s website.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
