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minus-squareTachyonTele@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·5 days agoIf voting day was a holiday it would less of a problem
minus-squareChristerMLB@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoor just have longer and more convenient early voting? In Norway you can vote for at least a month at local public institutions
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·5 days agoIf voting day was a holiday, only people who get federal holidays off would get the day off. But it would be a great excuse to get rid of early voting.
minus-squarebufalo1973@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-23 days agoEasy fix (that almost every other country uses): vote on Sunday.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-23 days agoGood thing no one has to work on Sundays. Easter Sunday is a federal holiday and there’s plenty of people who still have to work. If voting day becomes a federal holiday, states that don’t like the idea of poor people voting will do away with early voting.
minus-squareTachyonTele@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoThere will always be exceptions to anything.
If voting day was a holiday it would less of a problem
or just have longer and more convenient early voting? In Norway you can vote for at least a month at local public institutions
If voting day was a holiday, only people who get federal holidays off would get the day off. But it would be a great excuse to get rid of early voting.
Easy fix (that almost every other country uses): vote on Sunday.
Good thing no one has to work on Sundays. Easter Sunday is a federal holiday and there’s plenty of people who still have to work.
If voting day becomes a federal holiday, states that don’t like the idea of poor people voting will do away with early voting.
There will always be exceptions to anything.