Thread by @MarinaMedvin

2 U.S. Code § 7. Time of election

"The Tuesday next after the 1st Monday in November, in every even numbered year, is established as the day for the election, in each of the States and Territories of the United States ..."

ONE DAY. One. Not 3 months. One day.

1884 Ku Klux Cases: "to remedy more than one evil arising from the election of members of congress occurring at different times in the different states, congress... required all the elections for such members to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November..."

But there's also this: "Congressional election may be scheduled for a date other than the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, in order to avoid discriminatory effects of an electoral procedure found to be unlawful under the Voting Rights Act of 1965" Busbee v. Smith

And this: "Texas Early Voting statutes, which allowed voting to begin seventeen days before federal election day, did not directly conflict with the federal election statutes establishing a single election day..." Voting Integrity Project, Inc. v. Bomer

It appears as time went on, the ONE DAY requirement found more and more exceptions, more support for dilution.