Should Election Day be a holiday?

[ck4829]

You'd think the "Why do you hate America so much?!" Republicans would support that, but they don't. Why is that?

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Yes, and poll hours should be extended.

[shadowknows69]

2. Yes, yes, yes, yes and yes

and again yes. A thousand times yes. We should have 75% voter turnout in this country. There should be a tax break for voting. Free oral sex at the polls. Whatever it takes.

[Virginia Dare]

3. YES!!!!! n/t

[tk2kewl]

4. Republics don't support it because more people would be able to vote.

[bryant69]

5. No - you don't want undesirable people voting.

Or so the conservative argument usually goes.

Bryant
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[skipos]

6. yes

[Drum]

7. In Portugal,

the elections are held on a Sunday, so (most) people aren't squeezing voting in on a workday. At least that was the way it was a few years ago.

Why couldn't that work here too?

:shrug:

[Rude Horner]

9. It's not that it couldn't work

because it could. It's just that more people would be able to vote. And we can't have that, can we? :sarcasm:

[Norquist Nemesis]

23. My polling place is in a church

Don't think they'ld be too happy about having to cancel services.

[april]

8. Yes and it could be Pres Day

[BuyingThyme]

10. Hell no. People would rather fish than vote.

[noamnety]

11. Yes, instead of columbus day

Why we celebrate that scumbag is beyond me.

[crispini]

12. Yes, yes, yes.

Hell, I'm beginning to think the Aussies have the right idea. Make it mandatory.

[geardaddy]

13. Yes it should be a holiday

And the reason the Repubs don't support it is because a) they want to make it harder for people to vote and b) because it takes people away from working for their mortgages, credit card debt and other predatory lending crap.

[givemebackmycountry]

14. Not only should it be a holiday -

but it should not just be limited to just one day.

Some employers won't give their employees time off to vote, especially if you have to stand in line for three or four hours.

Most of those polling places that have extended waits, are in districts where minorities and low income families live and work.

They have a hard enough time finding a job, much less being able to take time off from work to go vote. There's a reason why african-american voters were complaining of having to wait hours to vote, while voters in white communities zip right in and out again.

The election should be held over an entire weekend, with voting starting on Friday morning and ending with a national holiday on Monday.

We should be demanding this of our representatives.
Of course it won't happen.
Let's face it, the fact that more people vote for American Idol than in a Presidential election is shameful and is a clear indication of just how SORRY this country has become.

[catmandu57]

17. That's what I'd like to see, that

and more vote by mail like we do, counting every ballot.

[DKRC]

24. Don't give up

"Some employers won't give their employees time off to vote, especially if you have to stand in line for three or four hours."

Let's face it, the fact that more people vote for American Idol than in a Presidential election is shameful and is a clear indication of just how SORRY this country has become.

It's not that the country has become SORRY. You made the case for how voting is made difficult for whole swaths of our citizens. If voting for President was made easier you'd see the same kind of numbers voting in our elections.

[Fovea]

15. It is absurd that it is not already

The vote is the fundamental franchise, why make it difficult to use?

The answer is obvious, sadly.

[bobbie]

16. Hell yes

Good question

[Ioo]

18. It is in many other nations...

France, Oz, UK

[4 t 4]

19. YES

It's as important as many holidays if not more!

[goddess40]

20. yes - a midweek day preferably a Wednesday

to prevent people leaving town for a long weekend. Why a Wednesday, because they would have to burn two vacation days to attach it to a weekend.

[Toucano]

21. Voter suppression benefits them.

But I also would not support making election day a holiday.

Election day should become Election days and be moved to Saturday and Sunday.

[windbreeze]

22. Absolutely....

and...NO results should be broadcast until ALL polls are CLOSED...
wb

[Horse with no Name]

25. Considering the majority of jobs in this country are becoming

service jobs, the service industry doesn't shut down for anything. It would just be a federal paid holiday, that is it.
The people that it would be designed to benefit would see no reward from this law.