Specifically, “the Tuesday after the first Monday of November”? If not, you’re not alone- we’ve asked two Presidents, piles of pundits, and many members of Congress. No one could tell us.
Get Out the Why (GOTW) is a national call to anyone with gumption and a video camera (or video phone!) to ask this question of our elected leaders, which we feel is important to our democracy’s health: Why Tuesday?
If you want to learn the answer yourself, please check out the Why Tuesday? site at www.whytuesday.org.
We’re trying to start a national conversation about election reform: voting is the right on which all others are based, and too few Americans are exercising that right. How can we do better?
The Why Tuesday? campaign thinks that moving Election Day from the middle of the week might be one answer, and GOTW is a chance for everyone to bring our lawmakers and representatives- with whom these decisions ultimately rest- into the dialogue.
So, go out there and Get out the Why!