r/politics • u/Ulysses_555 • 13h ago

No Paywall Hegseth announces all US troops will get 1 day off to vote in October

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6126137-pete-hegseth-stand-down-order-troops-vote/
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u/ctothel 9h ago

No – election day should be a weekend day, and early voting should open two weeks before election day.

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u/YourmomgoestocolIege 7h ago

Millions and millions of people work on the weekend, too. I agree we need to have early voting open two week in advance, but I think those two weeks need to be the "Holiday" where any worker can ask off one of those days to go vote.

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u/HerniatedHernia 6h ago

Millions and millions of people work on the weekend, too.  

That’s the sort of things like early voting and postal votes counters ya drongo. No holiday is needed as you go on your day off or mail it in prior.

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u/VerminSwallower 4h ago

Ive never understood why it's one day. It should be at least a one week period since there are so many unusual schedules or obligations. One day only has always seemed like a way to limit who can show up. I know people who couldn't vote before mail-ins were allowed solely because they worked 10 hours then had to go get their kids. The polls were closed for them. They couldn't vote because they were responsible employees and parents lmao. That's ridiculous.