Comment on Anyone else feel like Trump has a much higher chance to win then Presidency than Kamala?
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 months ago
37% of Americans can’t afford to pay a $400 bill without taking on further debt, and that means 37% of Americans can’t afford to miss a day of work to vote.
It really could go either way.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 months ago
It’s such a strange concept that it isn’t a national holiday to enable everyone to vote.
AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s not strange; they don’t want the poorest and lower class people to be able to vote.
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Only 14 of the 50 states do not have voting leave statues. 10 are northern states …
www.dorsey.com/~/media/…/election-guide.pdf
AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Statutes, not statues.
BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
But then Black people might vote. America still hasn’t forgiven Black people for existing.
distantsounds@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If the goal was to have everyone vote, it wouldn’t be Tuesday and everyone would automatically be registered with mail-in being an option.
kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Or at least a legal requirement for employers to allow time off during employees shifts to vote.
mke_geek@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Federal law doesn’t require employers to give employees any time off to vote, much less paid time off. Instead, the laws vary from state to state: Just 29 states and the District of Columbia currently require employers to give employees time off to vote in general elections.
kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
I know it doesn’t.
I’m saying it should.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Sadly, it’s not strange at all. We’re a capitalist country. This is what our votes support every two years.
Noodle07@lemmy.world 2 months ago
In France it’s always on a Sunday, because guess what: most people don’t work on Sunday
Also if you do work on Sunday your boss is legally bound to allow you to go vote because of course we do, it’s a democracy ffs
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The US is more like the EU than any specific country as each state has its own laws but are also bound by federal ones. In Colorado, where I live, we all vote by mail in ballot, which can be mailed in or dropped off in voting drop boxes anytime. No need to drive to a polling station or wait in line.
Atin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Or at least on a weekend.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 months ago
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s interesting to see this reply from someone calling themselves ‘Anticorp’.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 months ago
What did I reply? I don’t remember. Whatever it was, I obviously rethought it since I deleted it right away. Somehow you still saw it.