A study in the Journal of American Medical Association notes that there is an 18 % increase in auto accidents on election day. The study goes back to 1976 and finds that 24 "more people died in car crashes during voting hours on presidential election days than on other Tuesdays in October or November". It seems this pattern held true up to the 2004 election. Election of 2008?
(Source: "Voting can be hazardous" in The Record on October 1, 2008)
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