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Mandatory holiday - Election Day

Election day - Mandatory holiday?

  • Yes

    Votes: 15 75.0%

  • No

    Votes: 5 25.0%
  • Total voters
    20
samsmart said:
What's wrong with that? I don't care if they take the rest of the day off, or if they take the day off without voting later. But there's nothing wrong with giving people ample opportunity to vote.

And there's a reason why older people are such a powerful voting bloc - it's because they are retired and have the free day to vote. By making it a holiday, more people can take advantage of it to vote, which they probably will.
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I prefer old people to be a powerful voting block. They know what the **** is going on because they have dealt with bull**** politicians for many decades, they know a bull**** politician when they see it.

The younger folks don't know any better.... The younger folks only think about what that politician will give them, they don't care about what a politician's effect on the future will be, they are just worried about the now, about themselves. The older folks want to look out for their children and their grandchildren as well. The process of maturing as an adult gives one better insight into these things.
 
megaprogman said:
I doubt it will have zero impact. And there are certain things that I consider to be more important than money.
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Like has already been stated several times in this thread, the people who want to vote, will, and the one who don't, won't. Unless you can show that a significant number of people do not currently vote because they can't, then all you're talking about is wasting a ton of money for something that will likely have no impact on voter turnout.
 
samsmart said:
Or we can have both early voting and a vacation day and those who voted early have the benefit of a day off for their prudence.
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This statement above equals.

"I just want to have another day off work, so this is a good idea."
 
Moon said:
Like has already been stated several times in this thread, the people who want to vote, will, and the one who don't, won't.
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Doesn't mean I believe that statement.

Moon said:
Unless you can show that a significant number of people do not currently vote because they can't, then all you're talking about is wasting a ton of money for something that will likely have no impact on voter turnout.
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Not necessarily. Most companies have one or two floating holidays that they can use.
 
megaprogman said:
Doesn't mean I believe that statement.
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That's your prerogative, but in my experience, it's 100% true. How many more people do you figure would vote if there was a holiday for it>


megaprogman said:
Not necessarily. Most companies have one or two floating holidays that they can use.
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That's fine for the companies that do, but what about federal employess that will be paid for this holiday and not work?
What about federal employees? If this is a mandatory holiday, they will have to be paid to not work.
 
Harry Guerrilla said:
If this idea ever becomes popular, it will be marketed as social justice because the working poor don't have time to vote or some other similar crap.
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You can see that same sentiment in this thread.
 
Harry Guerrilla said:
If this idea ever becomes popular, it will be marketed as social justice because the working poor don't have time to vote or some other similar crap.
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Funny thing is...

The working poor will still be at work on this great holiday.

Someone will need to feed all these bank hour working types and their families as they travel the city enjoying their day off work full of fun filled activities.
Someone will need to make their fries, steaks, cappuccinos... someone will need to work the register at the bowling alleys and skating rinks, and all those places where people go to have fun.
Someone will have to tend the bars. Someone will have to wait tables for the families that go out to eat to celebrate "Election Day 20??"
And let me tell you, folks who work these jobs are the "working poor".
 
Caine said:
This statement above equals.

"I just want to have another day off work, so this is a good idea."
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No. It equals: "Let's give voters a better opportunity to cast their vote."
 
Caine said:
Funny thing is...

The working poor will still be at work on this great holiday.

Someone will need to feed all these bank hour working types and their families as they travel the city enjoying their day off work full of fun filled activities.
Someone will need to make their fries, steaks, cappuccinos... someone will need to work the register at the bowling alleys and skating rinks, and all those places where people go to have fun.
Someone will have to tend the bars. Someone will have to wait tables for the families that go out to eat to celebrate "Election Day 20??"
And let me tell you, folks who work these jobs are the "working poor".
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No way, make it mandatory that all people must be off of work.

Oops. :doh
 
Moon said:
That's your prerogative, but in my experience, it's 100% true. How many more people do you figure would vote if there was a holiday for it>

That's fine for the companies that do, but what about federal employess that will be paid for this holiday and not work?
What about federal employees? If this is a mandatory holiday, they will have to be paid to not work.
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I also think it should be on a Saturday and Sunday and not Thursday. Just because its a manditory day off doesn't mean it has to be paid.
 
I think it would be a good thing personally. Ramp up rhetoric with regards to the event it may let people take more time to deal with the issues.

At least it might be something they try for a few elections to see how it works? If it does not help voter turnout and create a more informed event.. cancel it. Would some consider that?

It would seem to be a perfectly good idea considering how central the roll of democracy is in a .. democracy.
 
Gabriel said:
I think it would be a good thing personally. Ramp up rhetoric with regards to the event it may let people take more time to deal with the issues.

At least it might be something they try for a few elections to see how it works? If it does not help voter turnout and create a more informed event.. cancel it. Would some consider that?

It would seem to be a perfectly good idea considering how central the roll of democracy is in a .. democracy.
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We aren't in a democracy.

We are in a democratic republic
 
megaprogman said:
I also think it should be on a Saturday and Sunday and not Thursday. Just because its a manditory day off doesn't mean it has to be paid.
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It's actually on Tuesday.

If it's not going to be a paid day, then no one will want to take it off. If you're worried about working people, how many do you think will willingly give up a day's pay for something they were either going to do anyways, or not going to do anyways?
 
Moon said:
It's actually on Tuesday.
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I know what day its on, thats why I used the word should.

Moon said:
If it's not going to be a paid day, then no one will want to take it off. If you're worried about working people, how many do you think will willingly give up a day's pay for something they were either going to do anyways, or not going to do anyways?
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Thats why I think it should cover the weekend when most people are not working anyway. Also, if it is over two days and the employee has to have one of those days off, than the fundamental idea is covered.
 
Harry Guerrilla said:
Unrealistic.

That would stop the entire economy.
If Christmas isn't important enough for a lot of people to stay home, voting is way less important.
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Christmas is primarily a religious holiday, which is why not every business, such as those run by non-Christians, are opened on that day. Election Day would be a civil holiday, and implemented to help citizens exercise one of their most fundamental rights.

Huge difference between the two.
 
Moon said:
Hope your house doesn't catch on fire on Election Day.
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Civil services aren't businesses. Civil services would remain open but allow time for voting.
 
samsmart said:
Christmas is primarily a religious holiday, which is why not every business, such as those run by non-Christians, are opened on that day. Election Day would be a civil holiday, and implemented to help citizens exercise one of their most fundamental rights.

Huge difference between the two.
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Yea but even religious people work on Christmas.

Seems incredibly unrealistic to me.
 
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