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Then it’s necessary to make voting a federal holiday. Like it is in other countries.
by sethherr 1mo ago
Then it’s necessary to make voting a federal holiday. Like it is in other countries.
- folkrav 1mo agoWe don't have holidays here, but employers are required to provide us with a certain amount of consecutive free hours (which specific number I can't remember) inside voting hours.
- sethherr 1mo agoThat’s fine, except for places in the US (particularly poor urban areas) where you have to wait in line for hours and hours to vote - it would need to accommodate for that
- folkrav 1mo agoThe fact it takes hours upon hours is a problem in an of itself, it probably acts as a deterrent to vote for many. I just checked, in Canada it's 3 mandatory consecutive hours without docking pay or other penalities.
- tstrimple 1mo agoIt’s an intentionally designed problem in blue cities that exist in red states. Constant ratfuckery by republicans influencing polling locations.
- trimethylpurine 1mo agoI don't think there is any federal law. Could be a law in your state.
- folkrav 1mo agoI was talking as someone not in the US, but who doesn't have a national holiday either.
- trimethylpurine 1mo agoAh, makes sense now.
- jibal 1mo agoSure, but it's also important to reject gradus_ad's "should", which is completely baseless.