The certificates of ascertainment of appointment of electors received by the Archivist of the United States under section 5 shall—

(1) be preserved for one year;

(2) be a part of the public records of such office; and

(3) be open to public inspection.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 673; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, §6, 65 Stat. 711; Pub. L. 98–497, title I, §107(e)(1), (2)(A), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2291; Pub. L. 117–328, div. P, title I, §105(a), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5236.)