Stump the German

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I had to cheat in order to come up with an answer, but it is still somewhat confusing: An early federal law required the electoral college to meet on the first Wednesday in December. Since America was mainly an agrarian society, the month of November was good for elections because the harvest would be mainly over, but the hard winter had not yet set in so that traveling to the county seats to vote was easier. It was then established that the general election had to be held within a 34-day period before the electoral college met in order to allow the electors enough time to travel to their meeting.

Because of the distances to the county seat, Monday was not a good election day because one might have to travel on the Sabbath in order to reach the polls on a Monday. Monday was the better day for travel, so designate Tuesday as the election day.

Also, by designating the first Tuesday after the first Monday, it ensured that the election would not be held on All Saints' Day, November 1, a holy day of obligation for Catholics.

Does that come close?