Election Day in America is Democratizing Tradition
Election Day federal, U.S. First Tuesday after the First Monday in November 2–8.
Voters
- American voters cast their ballot every four years for president and every two years for congress, but all of that wrangling and months of effort in the heat of campaigning leads to this moment.
- This day is transit of power for the democratic process in that state and local offices, and ballot initiatives are often decided on by the end of the day.
Tradition
- Established in 1845, the date was chosen to cater for farming communities that populated much of the electorate in those days.
- It soon became apparent that the best time to hold elections was in November when the time of year did not conflict with spring planting or fall harvest.
Selection
- They chose Tuesdays to make sure voters would be in church on Sundays instead of having to get to the polls. Now, Election Day is more than a thing.
- Then we moved it in time because really, we were living in the 1800s and people had more of a “we need to go to XDA just in one day” and even if you needed to use a horse or a cart for 100 miles to vote, you did it “in one day” and now in the era of thee mail it made a whole lot more sense to time-shift the process for modern Americans with busy lives both before and after election day, hence the expansion of early voting and mail in ballots.
- Election Day is when places to vote are put up and the american citizens enter their votes to alter their country.
Election Day is the lifeblood of democracy
When our citizens are finally allowed a say in the most basic matters. Because there obviously needs to be public equity in the landscape for the future of the country and your hometown or city and county and state and region and county and the economy and decision that effects your life and the plan and infrastructure choices that will impact your home for decades, so voting and participating is that public equity.