Senate Unanimously Approves a Bill to Make Juneteenth a Public Holiday

Re:Senate Unanimously Approves a Bill to Make Juneteenth a P... by overlordalex on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @07:28PM (#27522946)

In South Africa voting is always on a Wednesday, and I've always been told the logic is:

Avoid Monday and Friday so that workers won't take a 3 day weekend.

Similarly, avoid Tuesday and Thursday so that workers don't take a vacation day for a 4 day weekend - even though fewer workers would do this, it would still be a massive hit on productivity, and workers would more likely to travel and thus be outside their electoral areas

Hence, midweek

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Re:Senate Unanimously Approves a Bill to Make Juneteenth a P... by katbyte on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @07:39PM (#27523040)

what is so bad about workers taking a 4 day weekend?

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Re:Senate Unanimously Approves a Bill to Make Juneteenth a P... by xmprt on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @07:44PM (#27523080)

I don't think it's bad but if the purpose is to get people to vote but a lot of people are out vacationing in Yosemite then it defeats the purpose.

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Re:Senate Unanimously Approves a Bill to Make Juneteenth a P... by tannedNerd on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @07:43PM (#27523074)

They probably aren't in their hometown to vote if they take a 4 day weekend.

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Re:Senate Unanimously Approves a Bill to Make Juneteenth a P... by loeg on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @07:45PM (#27523082)

Taking a 4-day vacation somewhere that doesn't have polling booths.

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