Americans first began the custom of weekday voting in 1845, when Congress passed a federal law designating the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November as Election Day in the hope of streamlining the voting process. But why a Tuesday in November? The answer stems from the agrarian makeup of 19th-century America. Read the article for the details.

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• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)