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Service workers work on both of those days, so the working class lose either way.
We don’t get the day off to vote in MN but you are legally allowed to take time off to go vote (with pay). So when I was in the office, I always voted in the middle of the day right after my lunch hour.
Our boss just took us out to lunch and gave us four hours off the rest of the day to go out and vote, which is probably the most encouragement to vote I think I’ve ever gotten from any boss before. I’m sure I was entitled to it this whole time, but it’s never been encouraged like this before with this boss at any of my other workplaces, if anything, previous bosses probably would’ve talked shit if I said that’s what I wanted to do with my time.
Early voting is a better solution to the problem than making it a day off, though.
Why is it election day anyway, why not election month. California and Oregon have vote by mail; every state should
Early voting near me started last week, I made time this monday, wasn’t even a line when I got there. Early voting all this week from 7am-7pm. Why chance a long line on election day.
Washington State too. You’re right, the election isn’t just a day anymore - I voted more than a week ago.
The west coast, Vermont, and DC have all been mail voting for a long time. Hell, even Utah is via mail.
Dudes working at most hourly lower end type jobs still wouldn’t get election day off, unless you mandated like octuple pay for anyone working that day (They should)
Like 95% of the US get neither off
Yeah, my current position is this way, and I’m a $programmingLanguage Developer.
It gives employers the ability to suppress votes.
We shouldn’t specifically have Election Day off work. Everyone should get one paid day off in the period of early voting or election day. It’ll prevent the hours-long wait times at the polls on election day and allow businesses to stay in operation by spreading out the time when workers are off to vote.
I’d prefer it even more if the money for the vacation time were paid by the government, but only of the person actually votes. Otherwise, you’ll just find a bunch of cruise specials around election season meant to capitalize on the extra vacation time, and voter turnout won’t be significantly impacted.
this scheme has no incentive to actually vote. It would likely help many people in voting, but a lot would just go fishing or stay home to play games. I’m not saying make it a crime to not vote.
tax incentives to vote sounds like a giveaway to tax-prep companies and tax-software companies, none of whom should exist at all.
and all of this when the whole voting structure is fucked – first-past-the-post is when one candidate gets more than another, even if they get a small minority of votes.
Did you not read the part where I said the incentive requires them to vote?
we agree more voting is better.
I do, try living in a blue state.
I live in a red state and have the day off, champ.
Nice, here is an actual relevant map:
https://www.lgbtmap.org/democracy-maps/election_day_holiday_paid_time_off_to_vote
It’s really about split whether or not states will let you leave work to vote
I live in blue state, no day off on election day.
It also helps to have an employer that cares about most holidays.
Businesses like food service can often be five times busier on a holiday. It’s all hands on deck. Even the ones where there isn’t a federal day off like Halloween and Election Day
Because easy and accessible voting is extremely bad for one party.
Meanwhile all the schools in my area are polling places so kids don’t have school.
Forcing many parents to take the day off anyway, but unpaid (or using PTO time, if they have it).
Working as intended. Make voting as difficult and distasteful as possible so we can welcome fascism with big warm hugs. Finally, no more of that voting nonsense.
I mean in my state I now have like 8 election days off.
Or simply vote on the Sundays…
This Sunday is the last day for early voting in Ohio. There’s no voting this Monday but lots more polling places open open on election day Tuesday. I voted yesterday though.
You kind of do but not a bank holiday. I believe us federal law mandates that your employer give you time to vote, but not the whole day off.
I agree it is dumb and backwards.
Nope. Unfortunately, like so many other things related to US elections, it’s a patchwork that varies by state.
And why is presidents day called Washington’s birthday?
Fred Astaire would explain it to you, but he can’t tell a lie.
Because originally the holiday just celebrated the first US president, George Washington and then they consolidated into Presidents Day so they didn’t have plethora of Dead President Birthday holidays.
We had Washington’s Birthday and Lincoln’s Birthday both as holidays when I was a kid. Lincoln was born in November, so it wasn’t a perfect balance with February, but it was close enough to one.
Yeah and I think they collapsed into president’s day to avoid adding a day for Kennedy.
That would make sense.
