{"identifier":"/us/usc/t2/s9","title_num":"2","num":"§ 9.","heading":"Voting for Representatives","status":null,"guid":"iddc708159-3a6e-11f1-a0f3-db3efcbbb4ee","source_credit":"(R.S. § 27; Feb. 14, 1899, ch. 154, 30 Stat. 836.)","seq_in_title":12,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t2/ch1","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t2","level":"title","num":"Title 2—","heading":"THE CONGRESS","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t2/ch1","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 1—","heading":"ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id42942e4a-3b28-11eb-b57d-ac6ded64e2e5\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t2/s9\"><num value=\"9\">§ 9.</num><heading> Voting for Representatives</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">All votes for Representatives in Congress must be by written or printed ballot, or voting machine the use of which has been duly authorized by the State law; and all votes received or recorded contrary to this section shall be of no effect.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id42942e4b-3b28-11eb-b57d-ac6ded64e2e5\">(R.S. § 27; <ref href=\"/us/act/1899-02-14/ch154\">Feb. 14, 1899, ch. 154</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/30/836\">30 Stat. 836</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id42942e4c-3b28-11eb-b57d-ac6ded64e2e5\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id42942e4d-3b28-11eb-b57d-ac6ded64e2e5\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I76\" topic=\"codification\" id=\"id42942e4e-3b28-11eb-b57d-ac6ded64e2e5\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Codification</heading>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">R.S. § 27 derived from acts <ref href=\"/us/act/1871-02-28/ch99/s19\">Feb. 28, 1871, ch. 99, § 19</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/16/440\">16 Stat. 440</ref>, and <ref href=\"/us/act/1872-05-30/ch239\">May 30, 1872, ch. 239</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/17/192\">17 Stat. 192</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"119-83","currency_date":"2026-04-13","congress":119,"law_num":83,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":371,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["01","02","05","06","07","08","10","11","12","15","16","18","19","20","21","22","23","26","28","29","30","31","33","34","36","38","40","41","42","43","48","49","50","51","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"119-83","currency_date":"2026-04-13","congress":119,"law_num":83,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":371,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["01","02","05","06","07","08","10","11","12","15","16","18","19","20","21","22","23","26","28","29","30","31","33","34","36","38","40","41","42","43","48","49","50","51","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}