USA Constitution, Article 2 Clause 4:
The Congress may determine the Time of chusing [sic] the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Seems pretty damn clear to me.
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The presidential electors haven't voted, which comes in December.
I could be wrong but I believe you have read that wrong by way of merging the two thoughts in the sentence into one.
I read it as:
Part 1: Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors
AND
Part 2: Congress may determine the Day on which they shall give their votes (which Day) shall be the same through the United States.
Part 1 being the issue at hand - i.e. Nov 3rd being the day Congress has set for the time states choose their electors.
Some supportive reading from Wikipedia (sources available there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_Count_Act )
"The president and vice president of the United States are formally elected by the Electoral College. The Constitution gives each state the power to appoint its electors "in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct," with all states currently using some form of popular election. The electors are "appointed" at the national election held on Election Day, which occurs "on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November."[6] After Election Day, the electors chosen in each state must then "meet and give their votes on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December,"[7] with meetings of electors typically held in each state capital."