Weekday elections set the U.S. apart from many other advanced democracies

Weekday elections set the U.S. apart from many other advanced democracies

Many of the millions of Americans voting in Tuesday's midterm elections will have to do so while working around the demands of their jobs – hitting their polling places before work, taking an extra-long lunch break or going afterward and hoping to make it before the polls close. As they stand in line, many of them may wonder why it is that the United States votes on a Tuesday, of all days.

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Published November 07, 2018 at 12:30AM
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