YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoRepublicans Are at War With College Towns. And They’re Losing.www.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square173fedilinkarrow-up1673arrow-down120cross-posted to: politics@beehaw.orgpolitics@lemmy.world
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minus-squareTheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoWhat? Voting is on a tuesday. Why on earth is that?
minus-squarefiah@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 years agohistoric reasons. Of course one party will definitely fight tooth and nail against any attempt to change that
minus-squareevatronic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-22 years agohttps://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/2/7 Because that’s when the law says last days it is. It’s Tuesday because a bunch of farmers had to travel a long way (2+ days) to the town for polls, and we can’t have them miss church on Sunday. edit: never trust mobile autocorrect
minus-squarePersnickityPenguin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoIt’s always on a Tuesday.
What? Voting is on a tuesday. Why on earth is that?
historic reasons. Of course one party will definitely fight tooth and nail against any attempt to change that
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/2/7
Because that’s when the law says
last daysit is.It’s Tuesday because a bunch of farmers had to travel a long way (2+ days) to the town for polls, and we can’t have them miss church on Sunday.
edit: never trust mobile autocorrect
It’s always on a Tuesday.