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[-] Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's apparently a hold over from olden times when good Christian farmers weren't going to skip church to travel to the county seat and vote. So Monday is a travel day and Tuesday is when you vote. Or something like that.

Voting day and daylight savings time are the two immutable objects in American life.

Edit: and both are catering to farmers. Those and corn subsidies are the 3 immutable objects in American life, all catering to farmers.

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 2 points 2 months ago

Voting day and daylight savings time are the two immutable objects in American life.

Unless your George W Bush, in which case DST can be rescheduled by 2 weeks and cause everything with automatic time changes but no updates to be manually adjusted twice a year...

[-] Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

Valid point. In my head I was speaking of the existence of DST, not when it changed. But I did use the word "immutable", so I guess I'm back to 2 of those - Tuesday voting and corn subsidies.

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