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Decided to pick a single day for all americans to vote based on what was most convenient for what was then our largely agrarian society. times have changed a lot. my next guest says it's long past time that we change the way that we vote, too. joining me from burbank, california is a board member of why tuesday.org and host at huff post live. hi, jacob, how are you? >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> so talk to me, why tuesday? >> oh, man. so the short answer is absolutely no good reason whatsoever. and a little bit longer answer is because of like you said, the law set in 1845 meant to...

That's part of the argument behind moving election day from tuesday to saturday. casey stegall is live from the los angeles bureau. are there other arguments to moving a federal election, casey. >> reporter: it's fascinating, a growing movement from this organization called why tuesday.org. and also a new york lawmaker that points to an exhe treemly old law. first of all, a quick history lesson. congress picked tuesdays to hold general elections back in 1845, to accommodate the farmers and it had been that way ever since. so, since the u.s. consistently has one of the lowest voter turnouts of ...