3 U.S.C. § 13 : US Code - Section 13: Same; demand on district judge for certificate

Search 3 U.S.C. § 13 : US Code - Section 13: Same; demand on district judge for certificate

When no certificates of votes from any State shall have been
received at the seat of government on the fourth Wednesday in
December, after the meeting of the electors shall have been held,
the President of the Senate or, if he be absent from the seat of
government, the Archivist of the United States shall send a special
messenger to the district judge in whose custody one certificate of
votes from that State has been lodged, and such judge shall
forthwith transmit that list by the hand of such messenger to the
seat of government.