Watson v. Republican National Committee · ¶76

As noted, the federal election-day statutes provide that elections for federal office must occur on a specified date, “the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November.” This may seem like a simple rule, but we must address several issues to understand exactly what it means. The first is the meaning of the term “election” as used in the election- day statutes. The majority states that the term “election” means “the expression of the electorate’s choice,” ante, at 7, and I agree with that definition.

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