Why monsters, demons and witches are on the ballot this year

Historians are vague about why in 1845 the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November was designated election day. The most specific guess is that in an agrarian society it couldn’t have been on Sunday Sabbath or Wednesday market day — which hardly resolves the question... By Leo Braudy.
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