Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: Publius

What about the date set in the current Constitution?

First Tuesday in November.


1,088 posted on 10/17/2020 8:29:44 AM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 784 | View Replies ]


To: WildHighlander57

The Tuesday after the first Monday in November was set by an act of Congress in the 1840s. It’s not in the Constitution.


1,093 posted on 10/17/2020 9:07:44 AM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill & Publius available at Amazon.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1088 | View Replies ]

To: WildHighlander57

YEah but they could never have predicted there might be a pandemic one day. . . /sarc (The Continental Army suffered a smallpox epidemic at Valley Forge)


1,155 posted on 10/17/2020 11:17:17 AM PDT by ichabod1 (He's a vindictive SOB but he's *our* vindictive SOB)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1088 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson