Thanks 'Old German'. Weekend voting. Simple answer to my question, and a common sense one. I tried to find out why we vote on Tuesday. It turns out there is a website dedicated to this issue and trying to change this policy (whytuesday.org).

In terms of why we vote on Tuesday, per their website, "In 1845, Congress needed to pick a time for Americans to vote. The U.S. was an agrarian society, and we traveled by horse and buggy. Farmers needed a day to get to the county seat, a day to vote, and a day to get back, without interfering with the three days of worship. So that left Tuesday and Wednesday, but Wednesday was market day. So, Tuesday it was. In 1875 Congress extended the Tuesday date for national House elections and in 1914 for federal Senate elections"

Horse and buggy! I think it's time for change.

Thanks again