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was first called, was adopted by Louisville, Kentucky and Massachusetts in 1888, then by New York, Michigan and other states.

However, ballot reform came only after election day uniformity .

Originally, each state could fix its own presidential election day so long as it fell at least 34 days before the first Wednesday in December, the date presidential electors met.

Lack of uniformity led to scandals such as “pipelaying” — the practice of sending political gangs across state lines to vote more than once on the dif

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