It's for historic reasons tied to the US being a farming society: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_Day_%28United_States%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El

It's for historic reasons tied to the US being a farming society: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_Day_%28United_States%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_Day_%28United_States%2... http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/thepoliticalsystem/a/whenwevote.htm http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/thepoliticalsystem/a/whenwevot... I point this out to anyone who complains about how archaic some things in the UK or Europe appear to be.