@canidmajor My point was you need a mandate that employees must be allowed time to vote. There are a tremendous amount of occupations that don’t get “Federal” holidays off. I guess a National holiday where everything is closed could work, but we just don’t have any holiday like that in America that I can think of. A tremendous amount of companies are open on many of the “federal” holidays. I’m not against your idea, I like the idea, but like most things there could be loopholes if not all the bases are covered.
I think early voting and mail in voting has helped a lot with this, but that is imperfect too. If we really want to ensure everyone gets the opportunity to vote if they want we also need to provide transportation, and the ability to vote anywhere in the state not just a designated voting location. Although, where I live the Democrats got out in a big way last election to provide transportation, and only a handful of people utilized it.