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US President Election: Why voting in America only on Tuesday? Know the 180-year-old tradition of Election Day

  
  
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  Washington: The process of voting for the post of president has started in America from 7 am today. There is a close competition between the two candidates of this election, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, the thing to pay attention to is why the elections in America are always held on the first Tuesday of November? There is only one day of voting for the presidential election in America. It is a tradition to hold voting every four years on the first Tuesday of November. But people know very little about when and how this tradition started. Let me tell you today why the entire United States votes together on the first Tuesday of November. The rule in the US is that the election of the President in the US will be held on the first Tuesday of November, as stated in the US Constitution. The tradition of voting on the first Tuesday after the Monday (first week) in November is almost 180 years old. At the time, states had 34 days to vote and had until the first Wednesday in December. But this created problems. What is the history of America's electoral system? The electoral process in America is not as centralized as in India. The Federal Election Commission oversees campaign finance laws, while state and local officials manage the election process. Each state sets its own election rules, from voter eligibility to ballot design and vote counting procedures. Because of this, the voting and vote counting process can vary widely across countries. However, the date of the presidential election remains the same across the country – the first Tuesday of November.
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