• @Holyhandgrenade
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    332 months ago

    In most civilized countries, voting takes place on weekends and your employer is legally obligated to let you leave work to go vote

    • @[email protected]
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      82 months ago

      Employees have to let you leave to vote.

      They can also fire you the next day for a coincidentally unrelated reason, and unless you have 50k in lawyers retainers handy there’s not shit you can do about it

      • @bitchkat
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        32 months ago

        Depends on the state. In MN state law allows you take as much time as necessary to go vote with pay. I can’t remember when this was passed but I’m going to “Thanks Walz” anyways.

      • @Holyhandgrenade
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        12 months ago

        If only there existed, like, a club for workers where everyone pays a membership fee to cover each other’s legal costs and protect each other’s rights. We could call it a “togetherness” or something like that

    • @[email protected]
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      32 months ago

      Some places give you a whole week to vote, and the polls are open 12 hours a day. So if you something happens and your plans are ruined, you have ample time to still make it to the polls.