Because President's Day is for buying stuff. Clearly what we need is to allow stores to set up in polling places to get it to be a holiday. /s
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why the fuck is election day not on a Sunday like any normal fucking country?
Bus doesn't even run on Sundays where I live in large areas (one of the top 10 largest cities in the US)
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Because corporations own you and this means they can pressure how you vote in key states.
I had a job for a few years with no MLK and no President's day. That stretch from New Years to Memorial Day was very, very long.
Service workers work on both of those days, so the working class lose either way.
The ruling class wants you to celebrate them more than it wants you to have any influence in their decisions. It's frighteningly close to HR pizza party logic.
You can't tell me you don't understand why this is
Because the oligarchy supports the leadership they helped to create .... not in the process of how that leadership was created.
You know what?
Take the day, fam. Go vote, get some ice cream, and have a mental health day. You've earned it.
Voting makes me sick. That's why I call in sick. The fact my employer needs to give us 3 hours off to vote makes it that much more plausible; as no one would skyve off a half-day.
Be well. Don't be sick. Or do, if voting makes you sick too. I feel a cough coming on even talking about it. Maybe a migraine too. Definitely feel dizzy. Some kinda verklempt. Tawk amengst yeselves.
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.
I used to agree that election day should be a bank holiday, but many many still have to work on bank holidays. Now I'm in a populous red state and in-person early voting has been available for years.
I voted early in 22 and in 20. Not sure how old the law is. I think I can vote early all the way up to Saturday, maybe Sunday. too lazy to check.
I think this is a better solution, mail voting notwithstanding. Voting doesn't have to go on for a whole month, but a week or two early makes sense.
Anyways I'll be voting sometime between now and Tuesday.
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.
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We don't get either of them off. Or weekends.
Because more votes in elections would mean more taxing the rich and more workers rights.
Early voting is a better solution to the problem than making it a day off, though.