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> require voting in person, but make voting mandatory. This is only feasible if employers are legally required to allow employees time off to vote. In many co
by pulisse 8y ago
> require voting in person, but make voting mandatory.
This is only feasible if employers are legally required to allow employees time off to vote. In many countries, election days are holidays, but attempts to follow suit in the US haven't gone anywhere.
- Wowfunhappy 8y agoYou could also move voting to Saturday.
- pulisse 8y agoThat would require a constitutional amendment.
- munk-a 8y agoNope! You could easily require states to offer a full week of voting as a minimum, this would also cut down on the tactic of making long lines at voting stations to reduce turn out.
- vageli 8y ago> Nope! You could easily require states to offer a full week of voting as a minimum, this would also cut down on the tactic of making long lines at voting stations to reduce turn out. How can you do that without an amendment? As I understand it, states are free to choose the methods for elections (which is why there is such variety in the US). From the whitehouse.gov site: > Federal elections are administered by state and local governments, although the specifics of how elections are conducted differ between the states. The Constitution and laws of the United States grant the states wide latitude in how they administer elections. https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/elections-voting/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/elections-v...
- munk-a 8y agoIn Vermont there is a state holiday for "town hall day" it's statutory so everyone either is out of work or getting paid holiday overtime and it's meant to encourage people to participate in their local town's politics - it is awesome and everywhere in America should have it.