Many people lose the chance to vote by being purged from voter rolls or not having time to vote when the voting booth is miles away and they work a 10 hour shift.

[–] Uprise42@artemis.camp 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Federal holiday for voting accomplishes nothing as company’s will gladly pay you a extra holiday to keep your vote silent.

Required day off to vote doesn’t work on its own. All medical staff can’t take off. Many industries can’t afford to cut staff to allow them to vote. We need multiple days to vote on and everyone needs to be given one of those days off paid. 3 voting days and everyone is required to have 1 paid day off during those days should be enough for every business to get their shit together and find coverage. We can operate as normal for those 3 days.

And finally, more voting locations. Any government building should be a viable voting location. Let me vote at my municipal building. It’s weird I need to go to a church to vote for a government official

[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Excellent observations and consideration.