• @TrickDacy
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    131 month ago

    Everything about your comment is wrong. No we don’t get guaranteed time off of any kind but even if we did, the amount of time it takes varies wildly.

    • @Takumidesh
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      31 month ago

      They are saying that you have all day to vote, not that you get 16 hours of time off.

      • @TrickDacy
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        1 month ago

        I see. Well, still, polling centers may not be open or accessible 24/7. What people outside the US don’t get is that we have federal state and local laws so you can rarely say anything is true across the country.

        Not to mention that people work long or double shifts sometimes.

      • Flying Squid
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        21 month ago

        But what you don’t have is stuff like a way for people to watch your kids when you’re off work so you stand in a line for 2 hours in order to vote, something kids are not known for being able to put up with easily.

        And then there’s the transportation they may not have. If you have to walk an hour to get to that two hour line, that’s even more time used up.

        And then there’s the fact that someone exhausted from a day of work may not have the energy to stand in line for 20 minutes, let alone 2 hours.