Editor, Gazette-Journal:This letter is in response to a recent letter to the editor in the Gazette-Journal (“Restore traditional Election Day,” Oct. 10 Readers Write).Before 1845, individual states had a 34-day window before the first Wednesday in November to hold presidential elections. Most voters were landowners and farmers, who lived far from their polling place and had to travel a day or two to be able to vote, after most of their harvests were completed. In 1850, the entire U.S. population (only 28 states) was 23,191,876. In 2020, there were 168,310,000 registered voters. 122,262,770 (66.7 percent) voted. Can you accurately hand-count, verify eligibility, and report on 77,960 ballots in a minute?Before 1850, goods were brought to markets by horse-drawn wagons, then transported by sailing ships and riverboats. Steamships were next, and railroads, which could move goods farther and faster. As our population grows our economics changes to keep up. Making Election Day a federal holid...