2 U.S.C. 7, election day

… 1994 Ed. and Supplement III (1/26/1998) 1994 Ed. and Supplement II (1/6/1997) 1994 Ed. and Supplement I (1/16/1996) 1994 Main Ed. (1/4/1995)   Back to Original Document   << Previous   TITLE 2 / CHAPTER 1 / § 7   Next >> [Print]    [Print selection] [OLRC Home] Help   --> --> 2 USC 7 : Time of election Text contains those laws in effect on September 7, 2026 From Title 2-THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 1-ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES Jump To: Source Credit Miscellaneous Codification Amendments CHAPTER 1 -ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES!@!Sec. 7 --> §7. Time of election 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. …

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… 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. ( R.S. §25 ; Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 130, §6, 18 Stat. 400 ; June 5, 1934, ch. 390, §2, 48 Stat. 879 .) Editorial Notes Codification R.S. §25 derived from act Feb. 2, 1872, ch. 11, §3, 17 Stat. 28 . The second sentence of this section, which was based on section 6 of the act Mar. 3, 1875 and made this section inapplicable to any State that had not yet changed its day of election and whose constitution required an amendment to change the day of election of its State officers, was omitted. Amendments 1934 -Act June 5, 1934, substituted "3d day of January" for "fourth day of March". Constitutional Provisions The first section of Amendment XX to the Constitution provides: "The terms of Senators and Representatives [shall end] at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin." …

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… The second sentence of this section, which was based on section 6 of the act Mar. 3, 1875 and made this section inapplicable to any State that had not yet changed its day of election and whose constitution required an amendment to change the day of election of its State officers, was omitted. Amendments 1934 -Act June 5, 1934, substituted "3d day of January" for "fourth day of March". Constitutional Provisions The first section of Amendment XX to the Constitution provides: "The terms of Senators and Representatives [shall end] at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin." Time for election of Representatives, see Const. Art. I, §4, cl. 1.

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… 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. ( R.S. §25 ; Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 130, §6, 18 Stat. 400 ; June 5, 1934, ch. 390, §2, 48 Stat. 879 .) Editorial Notes Codification R.S. §25 derived from act Feb. 2, 1872, ch. 11, §3, 17 Stat. 28 . The second sentence of this section, which was based on section 6 of the act Mar. 3, 1875 and made this section inapplicable to any State that had not yet changed its day of election and whose constitution required an amendment to change the day of election of its State officers, was omitted. Amendments 1934 -Act June 5, 1934, substituted "3d day of January" for "fourth day of March". …

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… [OLRC Home] Help   --> --> 2 USC 7 : Time of election Text contains those laws in effect on September 7, 2026 From Title 2-THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 1-ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES Jump To: Source Credit Miscellaneous Codification Amendments CHAPTER 1 -ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES!@!Sec. 7 --> §7. Time of election 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. ( R.S. §25 ; Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 130, §6, 18 Stat. 400 ; June 5, 1934, ch. 390, §2, 48 Stat. 879 .) Editorial Notes Codification R.S. §25 derived from act Feb. 2, 1872, ch. 11, §3, 17 Stat. 28 . The second sentence of this section, which was based on section 6 of the act Mar. 3, 1875 and made this section inapplicable to any State that had not yet changed its day of election and whose constitution required an amendment to change the day of election of its State officers, was omitted. …

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… Codification R.S. §25 derived from act Feb. 2, 1872, ch. 11, §3, 17 Stat. 28 . The second sentence of this section, which was based on section 6 of the act Mar. 3, 1875 and made this section inapplicable to any State that had not yet changed its day of election and whose constitution required an amendment to change the day of election of its State officers, was omitted. Amendments 1934 -Act June 5, 1934, substituted "3d day of January" for "fourth day of March". Constitutional Provisions The first section of Amendment XX to the Constitution provides: "The terms of Senators and Representatives [shall end] at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin." Time for election of Representatives, see Const. Art. I, §4, cl. 1. …

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