This was the date when the meetings of the Electors of the U. A date in November or early December was preferable because the harvest would have been finished, but the most severe winter storms would not have begun. As long distance communication improved and became quicker with the advent of trains and telegraphs, allowing each state to conduct its elections at any point in a period of more than a month became outdated.
The results of the elections that were announced earliest could influence the outcomes of elections held later in the permitted period. In , the United States Congress chose a single date for all national elections in all states.
The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November was chosen so that there would never be more than 34 days between Election Day and the first Wednesday in December. Election Day is held on a Tuesday so that voters will not have to vote or travel on Sunday. This was an important consideration at the time when the laws were written and is still so in some Christian communities in the United States.
On Inauguration Day , which is on January 20 every four years, the president and vice-president of the United States of America are sworn in and take office.
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In the s, most citizens worked as farmers and lived far from their polling place. Since people often traveled at least a day to vote, lawmakers needed to allow a two-day window for Election Day. Weekends were impractical, since most people spent Sundays in church, and Wednesday was market day for farmers.
With this in mind, Tuesday was selected as the first and most convenient day of the week to hold elections. Farm culture also explains why Election Day always falls in November. Spring and early summer elections were thought to interfere with the planting season, and late summer and early fall elections overlapped with the harvest.
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