Why do Americans vote on Tuesdays?

Kenapa orang Amerika mengundi pada Selasa?

Translator: Sam HK Reviewer: Pei Fang Ng

(Muzik)

Saya mahu bercakap tentang sebuah sejarah di Amerika

I want to tell you all about a piece of American history

yang tidak diketahui orang

that is so secret,

that nobody has done anything about it for 167 years,

dan tidak diberikan perhatian selama 167 tahun

until right now.

sehinggalah sekarang.

And the way that we're going to uncover this vestigial organ of America past

Kita akan tahu tentang sejarah tersebut

is by asking this question:

kerana adanya soalan ini: Kenapa?

Why?

As we all know --

Seperti yang diketahui,

(Laughter)

(Gelak ketawa)

we are in the middle of another presidential election,

pilihan raya presiden akan diadakan,

terdapat ramai calon, seperti yang dapat dilihat.

hotly contested, as you can see.

(Laughter)

But what you may not know is that American voter turnout

Tapi mungkin anda tidak tahu,

peratusan mengundi kita sangat rendah,

ranks near the bottom of all countries in the entire world,

138th of 172 nations.

tempat ke-138 antara 172 buah negara.

This is the world's most famous democracy.

Negara ini terkenal kerana sistem demokrasinya.

So ...

Jadi,

Why do we vote on Tuesday?

kenapa kita mengundi pada Selasa?

Does anybody know?

Ada sesiapa yang tahu?

Hari ini ialah hari mengundi di Michigan dan Arizona.

And as a matter of fact, Michigan and Arizona are voting today.

Here's the answer:

Ini jawapannya:

Absolutely no good reason whatsoever.

tiada sebab. (Gelak ketawa)

(Laughter)

Saya bukannya bergurau.

I'm not joking.

Anda tidak akan menemui jawapannya

You will not find the answer in the Declaration of Independence,

dalam Perisytiharan Kemerdekaan dan Perlembagaan.

nor will you find it in the Constitution.

It is just a stupid law from 1845.

Ia cuma sebuah undang-undang bodoh sejak 1845.

(Laughter)

(Gelak ketawa)

Pada 1845, orang Amerika mengembara dengan kereta kuda.

In 1845, Americans traveled by horse and buggy.

Seperti saya.

As did I, evidently.

Mereka perlukan 1 hari ke tempat mengundi,

It took a day to get to the county seat to vote, a day to get back,

1 hari untuk balik. Mereka tak keluar pada Hari Sabat.

and you couldn't travel on the Sabbath, so, Tuesday it was.

Jadi, pada Selasa.

Saya jarang mengembara dengan kereta kuda, rasanya anda pun sama.

I don't often travel by horse and buggy, I would imagine most of you don't,

Saya terkejut bila tahu jawapannya.

so when I found out about this, I was fascinated.

Saya dan kumpulan "Why Tuesday?"

I linked up with a group called, what else -- "Why Tuesday?"

menanya ahli-ahli poltik yang terkenal di negara kita

to go and ask our nation's most prominent elected leaders

jika mereka tahu jawapan untuk

if they knew the answer to the question,

"Why do we vote on Tuesday?"

"Kenapa kita mengundi pada Selasa?"

(Video) Rick Santorum: Anybody knows? OK, I'm going to be stumped on this.

(Video) Kenapa kita mengundi pada Selasa?

Anybody knows why we vote on Tuesdays?

Anda tahu?

Jacob Soboroff: Do you happen to know? Ron Paul: On Tuesdays?

Pada Selasa?

Selasa pertama, November.

JS: The day after the first Monday in November.

Saya tak tahu asal usulnya.

RP: I don't know how that originated.

Kenapa kita mengundi pada Selasa?

JS: Do you know why we do vote on Tuesday? Newt Gingrich: No.

Tak tahu.

Dick Lugar: No, I don't. (Laughter)

Saya tak tahu.

Dianne Feinstein: I don't. Darrell Issa: No.

Saya tak tahu.

Tak tahu.

John Kerry: In truth, really, I'm not sure why.

Sebenarnya, saya tak tahu.

Okey, terima kasih.

JS: OK, thanks very much.

(Laughter)

(Gelak ketawa)

Mereka ialah calon,

JS: These are people that live for election day,

yet they don't know why we vote on that very day.

tapi mereka tak tahu sebab kita mengundi pada Selasa.

(Laughter)

Chris Rock kata, "Mereka tak mahu anda mengundi.

Chris Rock said, "They don't want you to vote.

If they did, we wouldn't vote on a Tuesday in November.

Jika mereka mahu, kita takkan mengundi pada Selasa.

Pernahkah anda adakan parti pada Selasa? (Gelak ketawa)

Have you ever thrown a party on a Tuesday?

(Laughter)

No, of course not. Nobody would show up."

Sudah tentu tidak. Tiada orang akan datang."

(Laughter)

(Gelak ketawa)

Inilah yang menarik:

Here's the cool part.

Because we asked this question, "Why Tuesday?"

Disebabkan soalan "Kenapa Selasa?",

there is now this bill, the Weekend Voting Act

kita ada "Weekend Voting Act" dalam Kongres Amerika Syarikat.

in the Congress of the United States of America.

Ia mengubah hari mengundi daripada Selasa kepada hujung minggu

It would move election day from Tuesday to the weekend,

so that -- duh -- more people can vote.

agar lebih ramai orang dapat mengundi.

(Applause)

(Tepukan)

Kita cuma mengambil 167 tahun,

It has only taken 167 years,

but finally, we are on the verge of changing American history.

tapi akhirnya kita hampir-hampir mengubah sejarah Amerika.

Thank you very much.

Terima kasih.

(Applause)

(Tepukan)

Terima kasih.

Thanks a lot.

(Applause)