[DOC] [TLE] Why is Election Day the first Tuesday in November? - Infoplease [PAR] The Question: Why did Congress (in 1845) select the first Tuesday in November 
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public officials. It occurs on the Tuesday immediately after the first Monday in 
November (this ... Many theories have been advanced as to why the Congress 
settled on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The actual 
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reason it's a Tuesday after a Monday in November is a bit more complicated. ... In 
1845, Congress passed new legislation specifying Election Day for the ... that 
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to the .... Tuesday after the first Monday in November. .... An act of Congress sets 
the day for presidential and congressional elections as the Tuesday after the first. 
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Without that alteration, the first Tuesday did not always fall within 34 days 
preceding... [DOC] [TLE] Why Does The US Vote on The 2nd Tuesday of November ... [PAR] Nov 4, 2012 ... The Tuesday after the first Monday in November was set as presidential election 
day in 1845. ... By November the fall harvest was over, therefore November was 
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President Johnson's Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights act of... [DOC] [TLE] LA Law Print [PAR] (1) Primary elections for members of congress and officers elected at the ... (b) 
The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, when the special ... If the 
date of any election falls on any of the above-named days, the election shall be 
held on the same weekday of the preceding week. ... May 31, 1978; Acts 1978, 
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coin toss for the first monday to carry on the day after for elections to begin in the 
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the what we would now call the upper Midwest) and on into the Fall, ... election 
dates to that same first Tuesday after the first Monday in November! ... as part of 
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reason dates back to an 1845 law that Congress passed requiring presidential ... 
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Question: By an act of Congress, it falls on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November
Answer: Election Day