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2 U.S.C. 7, election day
Published by Office of the Law Revision Counsel on September 8, 2026.
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… <!-- documentid:2_7 usckey:020000000000700000000000000000000 currentthrough:20260413_119-83 documentPDFPage:-1 --> <!-- itempath:/020/CHAPTER 1/Sec. 7 --> <!-- itemsortkey:020AAAM --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 2-THE CONGRESS!@!<usCode chapter="1" edition="prelim" title="2">CHAPTER 1</usCode>-ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES!@!Sec. 7 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">§7. Time of election</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">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.</p> <!-- field-end:statute --> <a name="sourcecredit"></a> <!-- field-start:sourcecredit --> <p class="source-credit">(<a href="/statviewer.htm?volume=rs&page=5" target="_blank" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration='none';" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration='underline';" style="text-decoration: none;color: #0F0D61;">R.S. §25</a>; <a href="/statviewer.htm?volume=18&page=400" target="_blank" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration='none';" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration='underline';" style="text-decoration: none;color: #0F0D61;">Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 130, §6, <statuteAtLarge page="400" volume="18">18 Stat. 400</statuteAtLarge> …
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