{"identifier":"/us/usc/t3/s21","title":3,"num":"\u00a7\u202f21.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f21.\nDefinitions\nAs used in this chapter the term\u2014\n(1) \u201celection day\u201d means the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, in every fourth year succeeding every election of a President and Vice President held in each State, except, in the case of a State that appoints electors by popular vote, if the State modifies the period of voting, as necessitated by force majeure events that are extraordinary and catastrophic, as provided under laws of the State enacted prior to such day, \u201celection day\u201d shall include the modified period of voting.\n(2) \u201cState\u201d includes the District of Columbia.\n(3) \u201cexecutive\u201d means, with respect to any State, the Governor of the State (or, in the case of the District of Columbia, the Mayor of the District of Columbia), except when the laws or constitution of a State in effect as of election day expressly require a different State executive to perform the duties identified under this chapter.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t3/s21.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t3/s21","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f21."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"As used in this chapter the term\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t3/s21/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201celection day\u201d means the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, in every fourth year succeeding every election of a President and Vice President held in each State, except, in the case of a State that appoints electors by popular vote, if the State modifies the period of voting, as necessitated by force majeure events that are extraordinary and catastrophic, as provided under laws of the State enacted prior to such day, \u201celection day\u201d shall include the modified period of voting.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t3/s21/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cState\u201d includes the District of Columbia.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t3/s21/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cexecutive\u201d means, with respect to any State, the Governor of the State (or, in the case of the District of Columbia, the Mayor of the District of Columbia), except when the laws or constitution of a State in effect as of election day expressly require a different State executive to perform the duties identified under this chapter.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}