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I had to explain what "first Tuesday after the first Monday" meant to my cousin's baby daddy. Give you zero hints who he ended up voting for.
Ok I'll bite. I don't understand.
In murica the presidential election vote is held every four years. Notoriously on the first Tuesday after the first Monday(read the day after people pay attention)
Apologies, it's still not very clear.
Basically the first Tuesday in November, except if November 1 is a Tuesday, in which case it would be on the 8th because the first Monday would be November 7.
That's just so convoluted. Why do this?
It's because America is big, so they build in a day of travel, when that was still needed.
But it can't be in the weekend because of church, and Wednesday was market day.
So they thought you can start traveling on Monday and vote on Tuesday. And it's in November because it's after the harvest. But not the 1st because that's all saints day.
Ah, that All Saints Day thing makes WAY more sense than my Halloween thing!
Because they don't want (mental) toddlers high on Halloween candy voting? 🤷♀️
I dunno haha. I always wondered that too.
Don't worry, I don't understand either.
Did you not read what was wrote?