Posted by Sigismund on October 31, 2008, at 18:32:11
So this is why it's Tuesday (rather than say Saturday)?
>The reason we vote on Tuesday makes perfect sense - at least it did in 1845.
>To understand the decision Congress made that year, let's imagine ourselves as members of early agrarian American society. Saturday was for farming, Sunday was the Lord's day, Monday was required for travel to the county seat where the polling places were, Tuesday you voted, Wednesday you returned home, and Thursday it was back to work.
From the New York Times
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