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The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President ...
Election Day in the United States is the annual day for general elections of federal, state and local public officials.With respect to federal elections, it is statutorily set by the U.S. government as "the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November" [1] of even-numbered years (i.e., the Tuesday that occurs within November 2 to November 8).
Today is an unusually fitting date to ask what will happen the day after America’s presidential election — the first anniversary of Hamas’s savage attack that killed approximately 1,200 ...
The U.S. Constitution requires a voter to be resident in one of the 50 states or in the District of Columbia to vote in federal elections. To say that the Constitution does not require extension of federal voting rights to U.S. territories residents does not, however, exclude the possibility that the Constitution may permit their ...
George Washington won a seat in the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1758 after spending his entire campaign budget on drinks for his supporters. Buying votes with booze was the norm until 1811 ...
Here are the key dates that matter for after this Election Day: November 7: State certification of results begins Once votes are counted, it’s up to the state election officials to certify that ...
In 1888, a bill to amend the Constitution was introduced in Congress by Senator Henry Blair of New Hampshire to grant the District of Columbia voting rights in presidential elections, but it did not proceed. [5] [6] Theodore W. Noyes, a writer of the Washington Evening Star, published several stories in support of D.C. voting rights. Noyes also ...
Monday is the last day to register to vote (you have been warned), and early voting starts Tuesday. That’s right, the election may well be decided before we even get to Nov. 5.