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Rock the vote
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John Quiggin asks why Americans vote on a Tuesday. Two answers:
1) There are sizeable religious groups in the United States forbidden to vote on both weekend days, as Quiggin suggests; I presume there are muslims also forbidden to vote on Friday, but don't know enough about muslim theology to be sure.
2) Public employees get the mid-week voting day off. They are a lobbying block against change to weekends.
As with any political question, when the question is "Why don't we . . . ?" The answer is usually that don'ting is in the interest of one or more groups.
1) There are sizeable religious groups in the United States forbidden to vote on both weekend days, as Quiggin suggests; I presume there are muslims also forbidden to vote on Friday, but don't know enough about muslim theology to be sure.
2) Public employees get the mid-week voting day off. They are a lobbying block against change to weekends.
As with any political question, when the question is "Why don't we . . . ?" The answer is usually that don'ting is in the interest of one or more groups.
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