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Sandpiper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 01:34 PM
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Election day should be a national holiday
The #1 reason cited for people not voting on election day is conflicts with work or school.

Knowing that this is the case, shouldn't we want to make voting as easy as possible and facilitate it as much as we can?

Not only that, but isn't our right to choose our own government something that's worthy of a celebration?

I know this isn't a new idea, but I believe its time has come.
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SalParadise Donating Member (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 01:35 PM
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1. Should hold elections over the course of a weekend
2 days to vote & get everything sorted out.
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pabloseb Donating Member (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 01:38 PM
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2. Most every country in the world votes on Sunday

US is the exception. I think it's a tradition more than anything else.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 01:39 PM
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3. Yep. It should.
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Raster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 01:39 PM
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4. Election Day should be national holiday. We should make it easy...
...to vote, not as difficult as possible. Why do the repukes try to limit the number of voters? Why do the repukes try and harass legal and lawful voters?
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NoBorders Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 01:40 PM
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5. think how much better Dems would do!
Since most of the hardworking folks in the country are Dems anyway!
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cardlaw Donating Member (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 01:40 PM
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6. I actually thought it was!
I was really surprised when the mailperson came today. I had already prepared to not get my daily mail fix :P
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LuminousX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 01:45 PM
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7. I absolutely agree
Everything but polling places should be closed from 6am to 6pm on election day except polls, bars, and coffee shops.
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Democat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 01:48 PM
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8. It's a crime that it hasn't been made one already!
What are the people in our party thinking? They should have done this when we had some control of the government!
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expatriate Donating Member (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 01:52 PM
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9. Australia always votes on a Saturday
And it's not always the exact same Saturday of the year either!

America could afford to drop a few sacred cows like having Election Day on a weekday during a time of the year when weather can be counted on to be lousy. Why not a weekend day, or a national holiday? There's no particular magic to the first Tuesday in November.
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SCDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 01:53 PM
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10. I agree I think Veterans and Election Day should become one
what better way to honor veterans than takin part in democracy by voting.
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cheezus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 01:54 PM
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11. no, cuz Walmart would still make people work for $5/hr
while people with good jobs will get another holiday
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DaveofCali Donating Member (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 02:01 PM
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12. Yep, I thought that Election Day should be a National Holiday
I mean, Election Day is the day of Democracy, so shouldn't such a day be a holiday to make sure that as many people vote as possible? And America is supposed to be the oldest example of Democracy in the Modern Era?
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Francis Donating Member (317 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 02:04 PM
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13. Bad Idea
If it's a national holiday, people will treat it as such.
It's a voting day
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Democat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 02:36 PM
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15. If people are at work, they can't vote!
What do you mean "they will treat it as such"?

If people have a day off of work, then they can vote!

On Thanksgiving, people eat turkey, on Christmas, they open presents, on a voting holiday they would vote!
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one_true_leroy Donating Member (807 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 02:16 PM
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14. Absolutely Right!!!!! n/t
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Dob Bole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 02:40 PM
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16. Does the President have the authority to declare these holidays?
Or does he need Congressional approval?

Because that is an excellent idea.
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AlinPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 02:43 PM
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17. We should follow Oregon with its mail-in process.
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Trahurn Donating Member (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 02:51 PM
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18. It Should Indeed
There is nothing more important to this country than the choosing of a government every 4 years. It is more important than punching any time clock or observing any other national holiday for that matter. This business of people having to be penalized financially for time lost to go vote is the most outrageous thing I have ever heard.
My German friend cannot believe that Americans are not given paid time off to go vote as they are. I think though in election 2004 people that care will accept and endure any hardship necessary to have a say about throwing Bush out on the street.
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