Presidential Election Day is set by Congress under its authority in the Constitution . The Electoral College, which has been around since 1789 and was created to ensure that a candidate with more popular votes wins the presidency rather than one who gets fewer votes but carries most of them ( or vice Sandy leaves election officials scrambling . But a state will probably be allowed to postpone voting only in disaster-affected areas . Statewide postponement of the presidential vote is an open legal question .
Presidential Election Day is set by Congress under its authority in the Constitution . The Electoral College, which has been around since 1789 and was created to ensure that a candidate with more popular votes wins the presidency rather than one who gets fewer votes but carries most of them ( or vice But a state will probably be allowed to postpone voting only in disaster-affected areas . Statewide postponement of the presidential vote is an open legal question .