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Creating the 2nd biggest bar business day after St. Patty's....

MustardMan Oct 13, 2008
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    MustardMan started this discussion on Oct 13, 2008

    Not a TERRIBLE idea, but employers ARE currently required by law to give employees time off to vote on election day, IIRC.

    This would also have the opposite effect on blue-collar restaurant and service-industry workers, IMO. Instead of getting time off to vote, workers in restaurants, hotels, resorts etc. would be pulling double-shifts on those days to accommodate those with an extra day off.

    Let’s just make it easier, faster, and more convenient to vote. More options – accessible absenteeism, more polling stations, more machines, voter receipts and transparent counting…

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    Rebekah Hall replied on Oct 21, 2008

    “employers ARE currently required by law to give employees time off to vote on election day, IIRC.”

    This is exactly the point I was going to make – by law, your employer HAS to allow you time off to go vote if you are unable to get to the polls before or after your working hours.

    Also, it’s not that difficult to register as a permanent absentee voter – have your ballot mailed to you and vote from the comfort of your own home, weeks before election day.

    I do agree that it should be easier, faster, and more convenient to vote. We live in an age of ultra-fast Internet, global connectivity, computers, phone lines, etc. etc. There is no reason we can’t count EVERY vote quickly and without the troubles we’ve seen in the last couple of elections.