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Every source cited on this site, 168 in all, with the pages that cite it. All were checked on November 4, 2026.

Primary sources (40)

The text itself: the Constitution, the U.S. Code, Senate and House rules, court opinions, state constitutions and statutes.

2 U.S.C. § 7: Time of electionCited on: Visual guide
28 U.S.C. § 1257: State courts; certiorariCited on: What is the difference between federal and state courts?
28 U.S.C. § 541: United States attorneysCited on: What is the difference between a sheriff, a police chief and a district attorney?
28 U.S.C. § 541: United States attorneysCited on: Visual guide
28 U.S.C. § 547: Duties of United States attorneysCited on: Visual guide
28 U.S.C. § 631: Appointment and tenure of magistrate judgesCited on: Visual guide
28 U.S.C. § 631: Magistrate judges, appointment and tenureCited on: Are judges elected or appointed?
3 U.S.C. § 15: Counting electoral votes in CongressCited on: Visual guide
3 U.S.C. § 7: Meeting and vote of electorsCited on: Visual guide
42 Pa.C.S. Chapter 15: Magisterial district judgesCited on: Visual guide
48 U.S.C. § 891: Resident Commissioner (Cornell LII)Cited on: Visual guide
5 U.S.C. § 553: Rule makingCited on: What is the difference between a law, a regulation and an executive order?
Federal Register: REAL ID final rule, January 14, 2025Cited on: How do federal, state and local laws fit together?
Gamble v. United States (2019), Supreme Court opinionCited on: How do federal, state and local laws fit together?
Kentucky Revised Statutes § 67.710 (Justia)Cited on: Visual guide
Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (2024), Supreme Court opinionCited on: What is the difference between a law, a regulation and an executive order?
Maine Legislature: 21-A M.R.S. § 801, election of presidential electorsCited on: What are primaries and caucuses?
Michigan Constitution, Article VIII, § 5Cited on: Visual guide
Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn. (2018), Cornell LII textCited on: How do federal, state and local laws fit together?
National Archives: The Bill of Rights, a transcriptionCited on: What does the federal government do?, What are the Constitution and the Bill of Rights?, How does the US government work?, What is the difference between federal, state and local government?
National Archives: The Constitution of the United States, a transcriptionCited on: What does the federal government do?, What are the three branches of the US government?, What is the difference between a mayor, a governor and the president?, What is the difference between a senator and a representative?, When are US elections held?, How does someone run for public office? and 12 more
National Archives: The Constitution, Amendments 11-27Cited on: How does the Electoral College elect the president?, How do people gain political power in the US?, What are the Constitution and the Bill of Rights?, Who elects whom in the United States?, Visual guide
Pennsylvania Constitution, art. IX, § 4 (Pennsylvania General Assembly)Cited on: What do county commissioners, council members, school boards and constables do?
Pennsylvania Constitution, art. VII, § 3 (Pennsylvania General Assembly)Cited on: How does local government work in Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania Constitution, Article II (text via Ballotpedia)Cited on: Visual guide
Pennsylvania Constitution, Article IV (text via Ballotpedia)Cited on: Visual guide
Pennsylvania Constitution, Article IX (text via Ballotpedia)Cited on: Visual guide
Pennsylvania Constitution, Article IX: Local governmentCited on: How do federal, state and local laws fit together?, What is the difference between a sheriff, a police chief and a district attorney?
Pennsylvania Constitution, Article V: The judiciaryCited on: Are judges elected or appointed?
Pennsylvania Constitution, Article VII (text via Ballotpedia)Cited on: Visual guide
Rules of the House, 119th Congress: Rule XIICited on: How does a bill become a law?
Senate Manual: Rule XXII, Precedence of motionsCited on: How does a bill become a law?
Supreme Court: Chiafalo v. Washington (2020)Cited on: How does the Electoral College elect the president?
Supreme Court: Louisiana v. Callais (2026)Cited on: How are election districts drawn?
Supreme Court: Rucho v. Common Cause (2019)Cited on: How are election districts drawn?
Texas Constitution (Texas Legislative Council)Cited on: What do county commissioners, council members, school boards and constables do?
Timbs v. Indiana (2019), Supreme Court opinionCited on: What are the Constitution and the Bill of Rights?
U.S. Code: 2 U.S.C. § 7, time of electionCited on: When are US elections held?
U.S. Code: 3 U.S.C. § 15, counting electoral votes in CongressCited on: How does the Electoral College elect the president?
U.S. Code: Lobbying Disclosure Act, 2 U.S.C. § 1603Cited on: How do campaign money and lobbying work?

Official records (71)

Government offices and their publications: usa.gov, congress.gov, senate.gov, house.gov, uscourts.gov, the National Archives, the FEC, the Census Bureau and state agencies.

Nonpartisan research (57)

Used only where official sources are silent, such as state-by-state counts: the Congressional Research Service, the National Conference of State Legislatures, Ballotpedia and similar references, cross-checked where possible.