Is it time to make Election Day a federal holiday? π³οΈ 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!
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Yes, and I also want a hotdog after voting (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_sausage).
Now thatβs a fantastic idea. How about options? Democracy grilled cheese? Democracy pizza? All food trucks get a fixed tax break to serve a single free food item pp at polling places on voting days! Basically paid advertising.
edit: Democracy TACOS!!!
Iβm gonna need to go lobby nowβ¦ or at least do some market researchβ¦
There were some good stats in there, but this wasnβt anything groundbreaking. Iβm totally in favor of making Election Day a federal holiday, itβs arguably the most important day for the continuance of our democracy after all. BUT any action must take into account the fact that so many Americans donβt get federal holidays off, and employers canβt be forced to give them that time off. So there would have to be a fund or subsidy available to employers to continue paying their workers on this new day off. It should also be a kind of superholiday so even private employers are forced to observe it.
This, and getting rid of the electoral college should be a priority once weβve soundly defeated the orange turd and can take a couple breaths.
Mail in voting across the board could be better than a federal holiday. In Washington, I get everything I need to vote in the mail: a ballot, a voterβs guide, a postage paid envelope. I literally donβt have to wear pants to vote. I can take a week to make a decision about something before I wander over to the nearest mailbox to drop off my ballot.
Never having done it, voting in person sounds awful.
Yeah, this is actually a better solution. Thereβs no legitimate non-partisan reason I can think of for why anyone would be against universal mail in voting.
Same in California, and I definitely need that extra time to review the ballot and figure out how Iβm voting on ballot measures and for which local officials. The ballot is huge and relatively complicated, so I canβt imagine doing that in person either.
IMHO, yes, but you have to bring proof of having voted the next work day for it to count. And the State should respond to mail-in ballots with βI Votedβ stickers - mail in ballots have deadlines, so maybe Itβd be enough time for a round trip. Or if you drop off the ballot at a post office, postal workers can hand you a sticker. More money for the USPS; itβs a win-win. Change the I voted sticker each year; counterfeiting would be more work than itβs worth.
Thereβd be forgeries, lax enforcement, whatever; the point isnβt to have a hard enforcement, like money, but just to encourage people to vote.
Weβll never be a country that mandates voting, like some do, but anything that encourages people to vote is a good thing.
P.S. if we canβt convert to a 4-day work week country, I think we should slowly create more federal holidays that fall on specific week days, until we have 52 of them.
Oh I love this but letβs make the incentives better.
- Every company gets a tax deduction for each employee that votes
- Each locality, county, state gets a tax bonus from the federal government for every election it has and for each person who votes
- each person who votes is eligible to receive a tax stimulus the following year
All of this can be done today. Voter participation information is actually available at the local level. Itβs why I always get fliers for Republicans since I vote in their primaries. (My vote is more effective there than in the Democratic primary)
If this is your platform, Iβll vote for you. Throw in a little RCV, and Iβll canvas, too.
I want to get rid of FPTP voting but a recent veritasium video has me wondering if we should try something better than RCV.
Not saying I would vote no on RCV, but if weβre going to change the voting method, letβs do it in a way ensures that the people are best represented.
