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I'm mystified at how Catholic countries manage to all vote on Sunday because that's the say when peope don't have to take time off work to vote, whereas Protestant countries vote on workdays. It seems backwards somehow.

The brainless should not be in banking. — Willem Buitler

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Jun 6th, 2009 at 05:25:33 AM EST
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Historically there's a strong strain of Sabbath observance among Protestants. Not only is work on Sunday frowned upon, but one should not do any business or attend to worldly concerns (voting would come under this heading).

I've no specific knowledge that this is the reason for non-Sunday voting in some countries, but it seems possible to me.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sat Jun 6th, 2009 at 05:57:31 AM EST
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