Shouldn't they make Nov 4th a federal holiday?

[daniel1113]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
November 5 would be better. It really is cause for celebration the next day.

END THE REPUBLICAN RULE!

HELL YEAH! DEMOCRAT RULE IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH BETTER!

Oh, wait...

 

[alkemyst]

they don't really want people voting. electoral college FTMFW and FTMFL

 

[Terzo]

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: miketheidiot

Originally posted by: villageidiot111
There is absolutely nothing preventing people from voting. I don't care if you work 100hrs a week, it only takes 10minutes of your time. You've been able to do it anytime in the past two weeks, and if that didnt work you could do an absentee ballot. If you don't vote you have nobody to blame but yourself. Besides, who wants to take a tuesday off of work?

not every state has proper absentee voting or early voting or enough polls to get in and out in 10 minutes.

lines have been 1/2+ hour long here for 2 weeks, and i live in a small town. In my precinct the lines will be 2-3 hours long tomorrow.

we only have absentee voting if you legitimately can't make it, and no early voting. Only option is from 6am-6pm tomorrow. I'm working from 7am-6pm, then class from 6:30-7:45pm. So I'll try to get out the door by 6am so that I will have time to get in and vote and still make it to work on time.

Same here, although one of the ballots is for allowing early voting. Definitely voting yes on that one.

 

[waffleironhead]

Making money is more american than voting.

Capitalism>Voting

 

[waggy]

i went and voted. took me a total of 5 minutes. heh

 

[Turin39789]

Originally posted by: Terzo

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: miketheidiot

Originally posted by: villageidiot111
There is absolutely nothing preventing people from voting. I don't care if you work 100hrs a week, it only takes 10minutes of your time. You've been able to do it anytime in the past two weeks, and if that didnt work you could do an absentee ballot. If you don't vote you have nobody to blame but yourself. Besides, who wants to take a tuesday off of work?

not every state has proper absentee voting or early voting or enough polls to get in and out in 10 minutes.

lines have been 1/2+ hour long here for 2 weeks, and i live in a small town. In my precinct the lines will be 2-3 hours long tomorrow.

we only have absentee voting if you legitimately can't make it, and no early voting. Only option is from 6am-6pm tomorrow. I'm working from 7am-6pm, then class from 6:30-7:45pm. So I'll try to get out the door by 6am so that I will have time to get in and vote and still make it to work on time.

Same here, although one of the ballots is for allowing early voting. Definitely voting yes on that one.

That would be nice, I've heard some talk about it, but IIRC the state constitution says specific things about the voting process so it could be tricky.

 

[Injury]

No, because then a lot of ass-tards would use it as an excuse to take a vacation day the Monday prior and take a long weekend trip.

 

[Uppsala9496]

I'd like to have another day off work.
Don't get all federal holiday's off though.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: nick1985
Yes, I could use another paid day off

qft

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
No. That's why they have early voting and absentee balloting.

i thought that was only for people in the military and stuff like that?

 

[SpunkyJones]

No, people still wouldn't vote, it would be a waste of a day off.

 

[Modelworks]

Yeah it would rank right up there with Labor Day.

 

[runzwithsizorz]

If the feds get any more holidays, they wouldn't have to work at all. hmm, oh wait.

 

[kalrith]

I don't get bank holidays off, so I likely wouldn't get election day off even if it were a national holiday. Besides that, there's not an election every year, so the "Tuesday after the first Monday in November Holiday" for the odd-numbered years just doesn't sound right.

 

[lizardth]

Originally posted by: nick1985
Yes, I could use another paid day off

This!

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
No. That's why they have early voting and absentee balloting.

i thought that was only for people in the military and stuff like that?

You haven't seen any news about the record number of early votes this year?

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
No. That's why they have early voting and absentee balloting.

i thought that was only for people in the military and stuff like that?

You haven't seen any news about the record number of early votes this year?

nope. i tend to avoid anything political - just a bunch of liars and thieves.

 

[jonks]

Originally posted by: JohnCU
you mean shouldn't they make the first tuesday following the first monday in november a federal holiday?

 

[Crucial]

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: miketheidiot

Originally posted by: villageidiot111
There is absolutely nothing preventing people from voting. I don't care if you work 100hrs a week, it only takes 10minutes of your time. You've been able to do it anytime in the past two weeks, and if that didnt work you could do an absentee ballot. If you don't vote you have nobody to blame but yourself. Besides, who wants to take a tuesday off of work?

not every state has proper absentee voting or early voting or enough polls to get in and out in 10 minutes.

lines have been 1/2+ hour long here for 2 weeks, and i live in a small town. In my precinct the lines will be 2-3 hours long tomorrow.

we only have absentee voting if you legitimately can't make it, and no early voting. Only option is from 6am-6pm tomorrow. I'm working from 7am-6pm, then class from 6:30-7:45pm. So I'll try to get out the door by 6am so that I will have time to get in and vote and still make it to work on time.

There is no excuse.

The Kentucky Constitution provides "that all employers shall allow employees, under reasonable regulations, at least four hours on election days, in which to cast their votes." Employees need to request leave from their employer prior to the day in which they will cast their ballots to be eligible for this incentive. Kentucky law provides the employer discretion as to whether the employee will be compensated for that time and at what time the employee may vote. If an employee requests leave to vote and does not do so, state law deems that he or she may be subject to disciplinary action.

 

[drum]

Originally posted by: miketheidiot

Originally posted by: villageidiot111
There is absolutely nothing preventing people from voting. I don't care if you work 100hrs a week, it only takes 10minutes of your time. You've been able to do it anytime in the past two weeks, and if that didnt work you could do an absentee ballot. If you don't vote you have nobody to blame but yourself. Besides, who wants to take a tuesday off of work?

not every state has proper absentee voting or early voting or enough polls to get in and out in 10 minutes.

lines have been 1/2+ hour long here for 2 weeks, and i live in a small town. In my precinct the lines will be 2-3 hours long tomorrow.

i'm not going to argue with a couple of idiots...

 

[JDMnAR1]

Nope, because then the election workers, who are government employees after all, would have to be paid time and a half (or something equally ridiculous) for doing their jobs. Leave it alone, as most employers I have ever worked for already make allowances for election day.

 

[CptCrunch]

sure, why not, that just means i get the day off paid from work

 

[Bryophyte]

We don't even have polling places in Oregon. Everyone votes by mail. Most people here voted a long time ago.

 

[erub]

There is going to be a national movement for making voting by mail in all states easier/legal after this election..

 

[Inspector Jihad]

how about holding the eleciton on a weekend???