Is it time to make Election Day a federal holiday? 🗳️ Some say it would boost voter turnout and align the U.S. with other democracies, while others argue it could create challenges for hourly workers and cost millions. Dive into the debate over whether a federal voting holiday is the best way to strengthen democracy or if there are better solutions. Check out the full breakdown!

https://ace-usa.org/blog/research/research-votingrights/should-election-day-become-a-federal-holiday-weighing-the-benefits-and-drawbacks/

  • @Feathercrown
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    452 months ago

    Benefits: People get to exercise their constitutional right to participate in democracy without sacrificing their livelihood

    Drawbacks: None

    • @hardaysknight
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      382 months ago

      Drawbacks: Stockholders don’t like it when the slaves don’t work

      • @Feathercrown
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        232 months ago

        Pissing off stockholders is a benefit

    • @NineMileTower
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      152 months ago

      I’m all for it as long as bars, restaurants, grocery stores, and shops close down too. Fast food workers and the like shouldn’t have to show up to work when everyone else gets the day off to vote.

      • @_stranger_
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        252 months ago

        This could be easily solved if we simply allowed voting to go on for a week, and mandated that every business must give every employee a day off during that week to go vote. Hell, it could be a month if we wanted. The only reasons to limit voting to a single day are malicious ones.

      • @bitjunkie
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        12 months ago

        Yet they’re perfectly willing to shut the entire fucking government down willy-nilly because they didn’t get some piece of pork barrel spending they promised their megadonors. Fucking buffoons.