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Been thinking this for over a decade (i.imgur.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

We shouldn't specifically have Election Day off work. Everyone should get one paid day off in the period of early voting or election day. It'll prevent the hours-long wait times at the polls on election day and allow businesses to stay in operation by spreading out the time when workers are off to vote.

I'd prefer it even more if the money for the vacation time were paid by the government, but only of the person actually votes. Otherwise, you'll just find a bunch of cruise specials around election season meant to capitalize on the extra vacation time, and voter turnout won't be significantly impacted.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

this scheme has no incentive to actually vote. It would likely help many people in voting, but a lot would just go fishing or stay home to play games. I'm not saying make it a crime to not vote.

tax incentives to vote sounds like a giveaway to tax-prep companies and tax-software companies, none of whom should exist at all.

and all of this when the whole voting structure is fucked -- first-past-the-post is when one candidate gets more than another, even if they get a small minority of votes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Did you not read the part where I said the incentive requires them to vote?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

we agree more voting is better.