Voting and paid time off laws..

[Syringer]

http://www.wildmanharrold.com/labor_library/Voting_Time_Off_Laws.htm

 

[FoBoT]

i vote on my way into work, so none of your answer fit me

 

[Linflas]

Where is the "No I can manage to vote and work without needing time off" option?

 

[PrinceofWands]

Also need an option for mail in ballots.

 

[Syringer]

I knew I forgot something

 

[Vic]

<- vote by mail


edit: not absentee, Oregon has a statewide vote by mail system. There are no polling places, just ballot drop-off locations.

 

[amdhunter]

Election day is a floating holiday for me, so I am taking tomorrow off so I get a nice 3 day weekend...I usually don't vote in non-presidential races.

What's cool too is most people wont be here on Tuesday, so I will be alone to goof off on Election day.

 

[FoBoT]

thank you

No, I can vote without missing any work

my polling place is on my way to work, it opens at 7 am (or maybe 6 am) so i just stop and vote on my way into work

 

[JS80]

how much time do you need to walk to your local polling place before/after work?

 

[waggy]

well i'm retired so i have time. but my wife still works. they are giving her the time off to vote (paid!). she gets 4 hours paid if she brings in proof.

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
thank you

No, I can vote without missing any work

my polling place is on my way to work, it opens at 7 am (or maybe 6 am) so i just stop and vote on my way into work

Some areas have long lines.

When I was in school there were literally hundreds of people waiting in line..

 

[ElFenix]

early voting ftw!

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: Syringer
Some areas have long lines.

When I was in school there were literally hundreds of people waiting in line..

my precinct only has 200-300 people

if i lived somewhere with long lines, i would vote absentee

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Syringer

Originally posted by: FoBoT
thank you

No, I can vote without missing any work

my polling place is on my way to work, it opens at 7 am (or maybe 6 am) so i just stop and vote on my way into work

Some areas have long lines.

When I was in school there were literally hundreds of people waiting in line..

also where i live many people live an hour away from work.

 

[MixMasterTang]

The Kansas one listed in your link is somewhat mis-leading. It says:

Time: Employees are allowed to be absent from work for up to two consecutive hours on election days (not including lunch periods). The employer may specify the time of day during which the hours must be taken, but such hours may not include the lunch hour.


But looking at other documents it says that the above only applies IF you do not have two consecutive hours outside of your normal working hours. So if you work from 8am to 5pm and the polls open at 6am or close at 7pm then there are two consecutive hours outside of your working day so your employer doesn't have to give you any time off of work.

 

[DrPizza]

Wow...
4 hours in NY?? I'll have to point this one out to my wife. Most of her coworkers work 12 hour shifts; this would apply to all of them. (2 hours paid leave time to vote.) That is, unless this site gives a gross simplification.

 

[Injury]

nm

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: amdhunter
Election day is a floating holiday for me, so I am taking tomorrow off so I get a nice 3 day weekend...I usually don't vote in non-presidential races.

What's cool too is most people wont be here on Tuesday, so I will be alone to goof off on Election day.

Great... avoid doing your civic duty.

 

[bunker]

I work for the state supporting the web servers that run the voter information system. The rest of the state has the day off, I get to work 13 hours (making time and half of course ). I already sent in my absentee ballot.

 

[SmoochyTX]

Done.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: Syringer
http://www.wildmanharrold.com/labor_library/Voting_Time_Off_Laws.htm

The only State with teeth to it's law:

Penalty: Failure to comply with Colorado law may subject employers to fines up to $1,000 and/or jail for up to one year. Any corporation that fails to comply may also forfeit its charter and right to do business in Colorado.

States that are anti-voting:

Alabama

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Idaho

Indiana

Louisiana

Maine

Michigan

Mississippi

Montana

New Hampshire

New Jersey

North Carolina

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Vermont

Virginia

 

[allisolm]

Leave it to dmcowen674 to turn "The states without time off to vote laws" into "States that are anti-voting".

My county - in Florida - allows you to vote at the courthouse for a week before the election, has absentee ballots, and there's always election day. If you can't figure out how to vote with all those opportunities, then perhaps that's a good thing.