Election Day 2024 may be 85 days away, but voting starts sooner than that in states like Pennsylvania, Virginia and Illinois.

When is Election Day 2024? The 2024 election will be held on Nov. 5, 2024. Election Day is held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, according to the Department of Justice.

Voting before Election Day is much more common today than it was roughly 50 years ago. Yet it is highly politicized as voting in the 2024 presidential election is already underway.

Despite Election Day not being a federal holiday, most state offices will be closed on Tuesday with 24 state offices, plus the District of Columbia, offering paid time off to vote.

The first federal Election Day in the United States was held in 1845. Prior to that, the federal government allowed states to hold their elections anytime within a 34-day period before the first ...