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Voting days should be a national holiday.
by hinkley 1y ago
Voting days should be a national holiday.
- Archelaos 1y agoIn Germany it is always a Sunday.
- Hamuko 1y agoSame in Finland. And even if you work Sundays, there's a week's worth of early voting so you can take your pick.
- tmtvl 1y agoHere in Belgium voting is usually done during the weekend, although it shouldn't matter because voting is a civic duty (unless you have a good reason you have to go vote or you'll be fined), so those who work during the weekend have a valid reason to come in late or leave early.
- brendoelfrendo 1y agoIn the US, where I assume a lot of the griping comes from, election day is not a national holiday, nor is it on a weekend (in fact, by law it is defined as "the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November"), and even though it is acknowledged as an important civic duty, only about half of the states have laws on the books that require employers provide time off to vote. There are no federal laws to that effect, so it's left entirely to states to decide.
- OhioMan2943 1y ago[flagged]
- hshdhdhehd 1y agoIn Australia there are so many places to vote, it is almost popping out to get milk level if convenience. Just detour your dog walk slightly. Always at the weekend.
- wanderingmind 1y agoFrom mandatory voting to preferential voting, australia seems to have figured out what this works best for democracy.
- hshdhdhehd 1y agoIn Australia there are so many places to vote, it is almost popping out to get milk level if convenience. (At least in urbia and suburbia) Just detour your dog walk slightly. Always at the weekend.
- dullcrisp 1y agoIn the US getting milk involves driving multiple miles, finding parking, walking to the store, finding a shopping cart, finding the grocery department, navigating the aisles to the dairy section, finding the milk, waiting in line to check out, returning the cart if you’re courteous, and driving back. Could take an hour or so.
- hshdhdhehd 1y agoNo convenience stores?
- dullcrisp 1y agoThere are gas stations but I’m not sure I’d trust the milk there.
- hshdhdhehd 1y agoAmerica seems so strange from outside... but Im sure that applies in reverse.
- dullcrisp 1y agoNo it is strange.
- johnfn 1y agoYes, or you do it on your drive back from work, and it takes 3 minutes.
- sleepybrett 1y agoIn washington we have a 100% mail-in voting system (for all intents and purposes). I can put my ballot back in the mail or drop at any number of drop-boxes throughout the city (less dropboxes in rural areas i'm sure). I think there are some allowances for in-person voting but I don't think they are often used. There is a ballot tracking system as well, I can see and be notified as my ballot moves through the counting system. It's pretty cool. I actually just got back from dropping off my local elections ballot 15m ago, quick bike trip maybe a mile or so away and back. Of course, because it makes it easy for people to vote, the republicans want to do away with it. If you have to stand in line for several hours (which seems to be very normal in most cities) and potentially miss work to do it that's going to all but guarantee that working people and the less motivated will not vote. So yes in places that only do in person voting, national or state holiday.
- hinkley 1y agoYou have a mail-in voting system... for now.