US Constitution

Ed Still 72477.260 at compuserve.com
Mon Oct 28 17:23:12 PST 1996


Tom Round wrote 
 >Otherwise the Compacts Clause could get ludicrously wide in 
 >its breadth - it could, perhaps, even strike down the accepted practice of 
 >having all or most >State's elections on the first Tuesday after the first 
 >Monday in November ..?

Actually, the election date is set by Congress.  Article II, Section 1, 
clause 4, says, " The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the 
Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall 
be the same throughout the United States."




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