Voting on Tuesdays

Anyone know why we vote on Tuesdays? It's kind of ridiculous if you ask me. Most people are busy enough having to work that day, not to mention the potentially long lines before and after work. I think we'd get a better turnout if we either:

a. changed our voting day to Sundays (my personal preference), or if
b. we made our voting day a national holiday

According to Wikipedia, there once was a good reason for voting on Tuesdays, but I think we can change it.

This rule was instituted by the U.S. Congress in 1845, and the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November was chosen to keep the election day from falling on November 1, All Saints' Day, a Holy Day of Obligation for Roman Catholics. Tuesday was chosen to allow voters one day to travel to their polling place, as most residents at the time could not travel on Sunday because of church. Themonth of November was chosen because it was after the crops were harvested.

My unscientific gut tells me that changing the day to to a national holiday or Sunday might help conservatives. After all, many unions (predominantly democratic) give their workers the day off to vote. Likewise students and those choosing not to work (my guess is also predominantly democratic) can easily juggle their day to make time to vote. That said, there is a bill in congress proposed by democrats to do just this.

Regardless of who it might help or hurt, it would be a good thing for democracy.