There is zero reason not to have more holidays.
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Yes. There are no drawbacks.
Just make it a Saturday and make it quick and easy to vote?
Then people can go to work before or after voting if they need.
Here in Canada All employees who are Canadian citizens and 18 years of age or older are entitled to have three consecutive hours off on Election Day to vote. Voting hours in the Eastern time zone are from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. If an employee’s hours of work do not allow for three consecutive hours off within this period, the employer must give them sufficient time off to meet the requirement of three consecutive hours.
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I forget what country it is, but one has a rule that you can only vote in your place of birth on a holiday. So, people come together for reunion and they all go out and vote. Swell idea, IMO.
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would definitely ensure higher turnout in most locations,but as is policy where i work no days off for holidays other than xmas and tday.
Even easier. Make the shit electronic. Stop pussy footin around and make it available on the Internet.
One more absolutely not.
Let's follow two votes. Vote #1 was cast in Colorado.
- It starts as a paper ballot sent by standard ("snail") mail from our election division to me, the voter. I am notified it's coming.
- I mark this ballot like I would an exam, just with a blue or black pen and not a #2 pencil. I'm going to do this in front of my computer, with ballotopedia open and key issues already marked.
- I drop this ballot off at the Election Division drop box. I am notified they received it.
- If there are problems, I am notified that I need to come in and 'cure' them.
- Once it's accepted, I am notified, and then it's scanned in to a tabulator. Once it's scanned, it's stored in a secure box.
- On Election Day, it's counted, and the results are posted.
- If the election is close, or there is real evidence of criminality, the ballot is retrieved from its secure box and electronically or hand-counted again.
Vote 2 was cast in Louisiana.
- The voter must go to a designated voting centre on a voting day.
- The ballot is voted on an electronic machine that does not generate a paper trail.
- The vote counts are stored within the voting machine.
- If the election is stolen, there is no way to go back and check. The machines say what the machines say, and it's trivial to engage voting shenanigans without any paper trail to track it down.
I'm going to fight hard for my system, buddy. You can keep your internet voting.
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OK, so make all voting days a holiday?
this is the pinnacle of stupid writing. Calling this "Research" is nonsense. You should have the day off if you have an "I voted" sticker. Not only should election day be a day off but so should:
- Primaries
- Special Elections
- Voter Registration deadlines.