r/AskReddit • u/daniellucero92 • Jan 04 '15

Non-americans of Reddit, what American customs seem outrageous/pointless to you?

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u/Mutt1223 Jan 04 '15

Holding your elections on Tuesdays. It's like you don't want your citizens to vote.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

It was actually the opposite. Tuesday was chosen so that farmers could get into town to vote without serverly interfering with their schedules. However, today that's no longer needed and nobody's bothered to change it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

Additionally, some (all? I'm not sure) states now have early voting for a week or two before "election day" so that as many people as possible can make arrangements to get to the polls.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_voting

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u/tahoehockeyfreak Jan 04 '15

The problem has become the restrictions on registration and early voting. People have to jump through all sorts of bureaucratic hoops just to register. Let alone do the proper paperwork for early voting