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Re:Remind HN: Vote by SkyMarshal on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @03:38PM (#1861959)
So why not Saturday? That article doesn't mention it.

Neither sabbath nor market day, yet still a weekend day. Or did people back then consider Saturday a regular work/week day too?

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Re:Remind HN: Vote by rue on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @03:48PM (#1862011)
Not Saturday because it would, presumably, take that same whole day to get back.
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Re:Remind HN: Vote by btilly on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @05:10PM (#1862365)
And note that market day tended to be in the same town where you voted, so arriving a day early was much of a hardship.
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