Should Election Day Become A Federal Holiday? Weighing The Benefits And Drawbacks - eviltoast
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Election Day is always held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November during an election year. Congress codified this tradition in 1845 to account for

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/

  • Bertuccio@lemmy.world
    331·
    2 months ago

    “Those against making Election Day a federal holiday argue that such a large focus on one day is misguided, since almost 70% of ballots in the 2020 presidential election were cast before Election Day.”

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    • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      2 months ago

      These are the same people that think that more testing will make the number of COVID cases go up.

    • pruwyben@discuss.tchncs.de
      4·
      2 months ago

      My first thought as well. “We don’t need to make it easier to vote on election day, because not many people vote on election day” - let’s stop and think really hard about that for a minute.