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minus-squareTachyonTele@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·2 months agoIf voting day was a holiday it would less of a problem
minus-squareSpikesOtherDog@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoI have worked for companies that would rather pay out unemployment due to wrongful termination than give time off for voting.
minus-squareSerinus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down4·2 months agoIf they don’t want you voting isn’t that a clue?
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoThat’s not going to un-fire them.
minus-squareChristerMLB@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoor just have longer and more convenient early voting? In Norway you can vote for at least a month at local public institutions
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·2 months agoIf voting day was a holiday, only people who get federal holidays off would get the day off. But it would be a great excuse to get rid of early voting.
minus-squarebufalo1973@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoEasy fix (that almost every other country uses): vote on Sunday.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·edit-22 months agoGood thing no one has to work on Sundays. Easter Sunday is a federal holiday and there’s plenty of people who still have to work. If voting day becomes a federal holiday, states that don’t like the idea of poor people voting will do away with early voting.
minus-squareTachyonTele@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThere will always be exceptions to anything.
If voting day was a holiday it would less of a problem
I have worked for companies that would rather pay out unemployment due to wrongful termination than give time off for voting.
If they don’t want you voting isn’t that a clue?
That’s not going to un-fire them.
or just have longer and more convenient early voting? In Norway you can vote for at least a month at local public institutions
If voting day was a holiday, only people who get federal holidays off would get the day off. But it would be a great excuse to get rid of early voting.
Easy fix (that almost every other country uses): vote on Sunday.
Good thing no one has to work on Sundays. Easter Sunday is a federal holiday and there’s plenty of people who still have to work.
If voting day becomes a federal holiday, states that don’t like the idea of poor people voting will do away with early voting.
There will always be exceptions to anything.