I'm not exactly sure either. Here is a video from an organization who is trying to get this outdated law changed:
This is absolutely embarrassing. The United States is supposedly the greatest country on the planet, and yet people are too lazy to take an hour out of one day during the year to get out and exercise their civil duty. I think changing the voting day is an intriguing idea that needs to be seriously looked at by Congress. Anything has to be better than a measly 48.3%.
However, I think the only other alternative would be to have the vote on Saturday, because one day during the week is just as bad as the other. Would people take time out of their weekend to go vote? Let's hope so. I think it would lead to some improvement, just because many people are not permitted by their employers to take off work to go vote. But that decision has to be made by Congress and the citizens of America, and we already know how eager most Americans are to change.
And after watching the video, I will make a challenge myself: To all of you, Republican or Democrat, who have criticized the President and his administration for doing a lousy job during the past seven years, take the initiative to go out and vote at the primaries to elect someone who you think will do a better job. I know I will be there, and you should too. Put your vote where your mouth is, and go make a difference, because the only way to get something done your way is to do it yourself.
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As an answer to why we vote on Tuesday, I have heard (though I have no cite) that we vote on Tuesday, because it was established when it took a few days to get from a rural farm to a city where there were ballots. So the farmers' work would be interrupted as little as possible, the vote took place on Tuesday so the farmers could leave on Sunday when they wouldn't be doing work anyway.
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