II. The Electors must make and sign three certificates of all the votes by them given for President and Vice-President, annexing to each a certificate of the Electors furnished by the authority of the Executive.
III. These certificates must be sealed, certifying, on the outside of each, that there is contained therein a list of the votes of such State for President and Vice-President.
IV. A person duly appointed by the Electors, or a majority of them, must take charge of and deliver one of these certificates to the President of the Senate, at the seat of government
V. The second certificate must be forwarded through the mails to the President of the Senate, at the seat of government.
VI. The third certificate must be delivered to the Judge of the
District Court in which the electors assemble.
OPENING AND COUNTING THE ELECTORAL VOTES.
Q. When and by whom must these certificates be opened?
A. On the second Wednesday in February the President of the Senate, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, must open these certificates, and the votes must then be counted. The person having the greatest number of votes, if that number be a majority, shall be the President; and the person having the greatest number of votes for Vice-President, if that number be a majority, shall be the Vice-President
Q. Who must count the votes?
A. Tellers appointed for that purpose by the House and Senate.