Why do the polls in IN and KY close at 6

[jiacinto]

I've always wondered why they were the first to close on election night.

[jiacinto]

1. anyone here?

nt

[JackSwift]

2. So that fewer working people vote

duh.

It's the same reason that elections are held in November, not July. Weather and time keep the riff raff away from the polls.

[bloom]

3. my guess is that it made sense at the time

and nobody bothered to update it.

Maybe it seems like everyone is able to vote in that time - so they don't see a problem.

Maybe not enough people ask for it to be changed.

[blackcat77]

4. Because it's the way it's always been.

That's also why we don't change our clocks twice a year like everybody else. I think that there's a deep contrarian streak in Hoosiers.

[AntiCoup2K4]

5. But maybe that's NOT a good thing, considering......

Well, let's start with the Dans... Burton, Coates, and Quayle. Evil embodied. And unfortunately, half the time Evan Bayh isn't much better.

But a state that produced John Mellencamp and David Lee Roth can't be all bad :evilgrin: