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Re:Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 10... by nommm-nommm on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @09:38PM (#11719121)
There's almost no companies that I know of that give off MLK Jr. Day or Presidents Day off. It's even a joke that only govt workers get those holidays off. Most places are not going to change their time off policy no matter what federal holidays are, if it's important for a company to have election day off they would already give it off, some official stamp of Congress isn't going to change anything outside of public office.
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Re:Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 10... by maxerickson on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @09:57PM (#11719184)
You could make it a really angry federal holiday by making it a Constitutional amendment.

People will still need to work on election day, but the amendment could specify a minimum amount of time be available to participate in the election.

(still, early voting makes more sense to me than that)

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