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2 U.S.C. § 7 — Time of election
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This law sets Election Day for the U.S. House of Representatives. It's the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, every even-numbered year. Winners take office the following January 3.
This section names one specific day as the official election day for choosing Representatives and Delegates to Congress, in every state and territory of the United States: the Tuesday right after the first Monday in November, in every year with an even number.
The people elected that day begin their terms in Congress starting on the 3rd day of the following January.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
The Tuesday next after the 1st Monday in November, in every even numbered year, is established as the day for the election, in each of the States and Territories of the United States, of Representatives and Delegates to the Congress commencing on the 3d day of January next thereafter.
Source credit: (R.S. § 25; Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 130, § 6, 18 Stat. 400; June 5, 1934, ch. 390, § 2, 48 Stat. 879.)
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- 1875Enacted · Act of Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 130 · 18 Stat. 400
- 1934Amended · Act of June 5, 1934, ch. 390 · 48 Stat. 879
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