Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 29A.56.340 (2026)

Time and place of meeting

✓ current as of May 2026

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section WA-LEGapp.leg.wa.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

The electors of the president and vice president shall convene at the seat of government on the day fixed by federal statute, at the hour of twelve o'clock noon of that day.

[ 2019 c 143 s 11; 2003 c 111 s 1427; 1977 ex.s. c 238 s 2; 1965 c 9 s 29.71.040. Prior: 1909 c 22 s 1; 1891 c 148 s 3; RRS s 5140. Formerly RCW 29.71.040.]

Notes:

Short title—Uniformity of application and construction—2019 c 143: See notes following RCW 29A.56.080.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 2016–2020 · leading case: Chiafalo v. Washington, 140 S. Ct. 2316 (2020).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

Chiafalo v. Washington, 140 S. Ct. 2316 (2020). · cites it 2× “In an attempt to tie Washington's law to the State's "power to appoint an elector," see ante , at 2324, the Court construes Wash. Rev. Code § 29A.56.340 (2016) as "enforc[ing] a pledge.”

Chiafalo v. Inslee, 224 F. Supp. 3d 1140 (W.D. Wash. 2016). · cites it 11× “” RCW 29A.56.340. Ms. Guerra attests that neither she nor her family can afford to pay such a penalty.”

In re Guerra, 441 P.3d 807 (Wash. 2019). · cites it 4× “The nominees of the party that wins the popular vote are appointed by the legislature to be Washington State's presidential electors.”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.