Why do Americans vote on Tuesdays?

Zašto Amerikanci glasaju utorkom? - Džejkob Soborof (Jacob Soboroff)

Prevodilac: Mile Živković Lektor: Anja Saric

(Muzika)

Želim da vam pričam o delu američke istorije

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

koji je toliko tajan

that is so secret,

that nobody has done anything about it for 167 years,

da niko nije uradio ništa povodom njega

167 godina

until right now.

sve do sada.

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

A ovaj zakržljali organ američke istorije otkrićemo ovako -

is by asking this question:

postavićemo pitanje: zašto?

Why?

Kao što svi znamo,

As we all know --

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

we are in the middle of another presidential election,

usred smo još jednih predsedničkih izbora

koji su se prilično zahuktali, kao što vidite.

hotly contested, as you can see.

(Laughter)

But what you may not know is that American voter turnout

Ali možda ne znate da je američki odziv glasača

među najnižim od svih zemalja u celom svetu,

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

138th of 172 nations.

i SAD su 138. od 172 nacije.

This is the world's most famous democracy.

Ovo je najpoznatija svetska demokratija.

Dakle!

So ...

Zašto glasamo utorkom?

Why do we vote on Tuesday?

Da li iko zna?

Does anybody know?

Zapravo, Mičigen i Arizona glasaju danas.

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

Evo odgovora:

Here's the answer:

uopšte ne postoji dobar razlog.

Absolutely no good reason whatsoever.

Ne šalim se.

(Laughter)

I'm not joking.

Odgovor nećete naći

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

u Deklaraciji nezavisnosti,

nor will you find it in the Constitution.

kao ni u Ustavu.

It is just a stupid law from 1845.

To je samo glupi zakon iz 1845.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

1845, Amerikanci su putovali uz pomoć konja i kočije.

In 1845, Americans traveled by horse and buggy.

Očigledno i ja sa njima.

As did I, evidently.

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

Bilo je potrebno dan ili više da dođete

do okruga i glasate, dan da se vratite, a subotom nije smelo da se putuje.

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

Tako je odlučen utorak.

Ne putujem često konjima i kočijama,

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

a verujem ni većina vas,

tako da sam bio fasciniran kada sam ovo otkrio.

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

Povezao sam se u grupu koja se zove - kako drugačije - "Zašto utorak?",

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

kako bih pitao neke od najistaknutijih odabranih vođa našeg naroda

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

if they knew the answer to the question,

da li su znali odgovor na pitanje:

"Why do we vote on Tuesday?"

"Zašto glasamo utorkom?"

(Video) Rik Santorum: Da li neko zna?

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

Okej, ovo me zbunjuje. Da li neko zna zašto glasamo utorkom?

Anybody knows why we vote on Tuesdays?

Voditelj: Znate li slučajno?

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

Ron Pol: Utorkom?

Voditelj: Dan nakon prvog ponedeljka u novembru.

JS: The day after the first Monday in November.

RP: Ne znam kako je došlo do toga.

RP: I don't know how that originated.

Voditelj: Znate li zašto glasamo utorkom?

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

Njut Gingrič: Ne.

Dik Lugar: Ne, ne znam.

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

Dajen Fajnstajn: Ne.

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

Derel Isa: Ne.

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

Džon Keri: Zapravo, iskreno nisam siguran zašto.

JS: OK, thanks very much.

(Smeh)

(Laughter)

DžS: Ovo su ljudi koji žive za izbore,

JS: These are people that live for election day,

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

a ne znaju zašto glasamo tog dana.

(Laughter)

Kris Rok je rekao: "Oni ne žele da glasate.

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

Da žele, ne bismo glasali utorkom u novembru.

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

Jeste li ikad priredili žurku u utorak?

Have you ever thrown a party on a Tuesday?

(Laughter)

Naravno da ne. Niko se ne bi pojavio."

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

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Here's the cool part.

Evo onoga što je kul.

Because we asked this question, "Why Tuesday?"

Zato što smo pitali "zašto utorak?", sada postoji predlog zakona,

there is now this bill, the Weekend Voting Act

zakon o glasanju vikendom, pred kongresom SAD.

in the Congress of the United States of America.

It would move election day from Tuesday to the weekend,

To bi pomerilo dan glasanja sa utorka na vikend,

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

tako da bi - logično - više ljudi glasalo.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

Bilo je potrebno samo 167 godina,

It has only taken 167 years,

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

ali konačno smo na rubu promene američke istorije.

Hvala vam puno.

Thank you very much.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

Thanks a lot.

Hvala vam mnogo.

(Applause)