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I don't see any real need for it.
Aside from the military, we have four years to prepare and make arrangements for voting day then when the day comes we generally have a window of 12 hours or so to get to a polling station that is usually a stone's throw from our houses. There are absentee ballots if something comes up to take you away from your home on Election Day.
In 2004 I had to wait in line for 2 hours to vote and ended up having to leave the line because I had to get to class. I then went back AFTER class (big mistake, should have just skipped) and stood in line for ANOTHER 2 hours to vote.
In 2008, I voted early. Took me 10 minutes.
Allowing only 1 day to vote is inconvenient and will inevitably leave people out of the process.