Make Election Day a National Holiday!

Share / Email Campaign Close

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

MustardMan Oct 13, 2008
Posted by MustardMan

Post Reply

  • MustardMan
    message
    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…

  • Rebekah Hall
    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.

  • mathews
    message
    mathews replied on Oct 27, 2010

    I am really surprised to see that the election days are not declared as a national holiday in the United States of America because as a matter of fact, going for election purposes would mean that they would have one less penny in their pocket by either the end of the month or the beginning of the month. Until and unless this is changed, I am sure that America is not going to be a hundred per cent democratic country!
    Mathews | Holiday Insurance

  • Jen Renders
    Jen Renders replied on Nov 24, 2010

    I have some family members who would probably go out and vote if it were a holiday. Most of them work all day and don’t feel like going out to the polls after work. brazil butt lift

  • message
    Scott Haggar replied on Nov 29, 2010

    This is probably a state issue.

    -The Northwest Report

  • james lee
    james lee replied on Nov 30, 2010

    I think this idea is so good. Having a holiday for election day is so good. This would mean that nobody could have an excuse not to vote. Auto Refinance

  • Ziegler
    message
    Ziegler replied on Dec 21, 2010

    Enjoy the silence while you’re being hurt by something. fire science school | fire science degree | performing arts degree