Electoral Reform- Part 5- Why Tuesday?

By: davenj1 (Diary)  |  November 15th at 03:00 AM  | 

The answer to this question may surprise many. A 1792 law required that the electors chosen meet on the first Wednesday in December to decide the winner of the presidency. Elections themselves had to be held within 34 days of that Wednesday, although the actual day of the vote was left to the individual states. Being an agrarian society, voters had to travel to the | Read More »