#108 November 11: Why is voting day the first Tuesday in November? This was new to me: we used to vote in federal elections over a 34-day period leading up to the first Wednesday in December. As you can imagine early voting results swayed many votes. This part I “partially” knew: The first Tuesday (after the first Monday!) in November came from process of elimination in an agrarian society in 1845. Farmers naturally wanted to vote after the harvest was in and since Wednesday is often market day and Sunday was reserved for religion and it often took a day to travel to the poll, so they settled on Tuesday. Why not vote near the market? I guess multi-tasking wasn’t “in vogue”. LOL Regardless TODAY is voting day and our School Board is depending on you! VOTE! 11/7
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