Nov 4 : Election day in the US

An excerpt from THE WASHINGTON TIMES, Sunday, November 2, 2008, Jeff Canning...

Why Tuesday?, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization based in New York City, has been working to reform America's voting system since 2005.

"We rank 139 out of 172 countries in voter participation worldwide, and we spend billions more than any other country on our elections," said Barnett Zitron, managing director of Why Tuesday. "Whether it's moving it to the weekend or making a national holiday, there is no silver bullet to making it more productive. But it will be better than the archaic design developed when America was based on an agrarian economy."