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> if voting day were a national holiday I see this suggestion a lot, but I struggle to understand what problem it's expected to solve. It certainly wouldn't h
by amalcon 4y ago
> if voting day were a national holiday
I see this suggestion a lot, but I struggle to understand what problem it's expected to solve. It certainly wouldn't help voter turn-out. Most service sector jobs (the kind where it's hard to get a couple of hours off to vote) require you to work more on national holidays, not less. It's mostly the relatively voting friendly office jobs that give the day off for a national holiday.
- selfmodruntime 4y agoThe point is that it’s not like other national holidays. Stores are closed. You’ll manage.
- amalcon 4y agoIf you plan to ask stores to close, they just won't. If you plan to require it, then the law won't pass.
- nicwilson 4y agoyou don't need to make it a holiday, just doing it on a weekend should suffice. E.g. in Australia, elections, Federal, state and local are all held on Saturdays. If you actually want to improve turnout, enact compulsory voting. That is much better, but still no silver bullet to electing sane competent and not corrupt politicians.