Election day should be a national holiday.

[sarcasmo]

I'M pretty sure Republicans would never vote for an election day holiday, because it would benefit the working class and the poor.

[railsback]

1. Or make it on Veteran's Day

What better way to honor those that served than to exercise that right which they have fought and died for.

[thereismore]

2. Absolutely! nt

[Salviati]

3. it should be, but it won't be. I think the best we can hope for is to make it moot.

Move to vote by mail, or early voting everywhere. Election day will remain on tuesday, but it won't matter.

Sort of like getting rid of the electoral college - I think it's much more likely to make it moot by the national popular vote agreement between enough states, rather than overturn it via a constitutional amendment.

Given multiple solutions to a problem to be reached through a political process, my money is always on the most convoluted, byzantine process...

[liberal N proud]

4. Yes, this nation should do everything it can to encourage voters instead of the republican practices

of intimidating voters and finding ways to prevent voters from exercising their right.

[reflection]

5. It really should.

It is so important, and it would encourage more participation in the process. I wholeheartedly endorse that.

[MichDem10]

6. Agreed - would probably require a Constitutional Amendment so as not to infringe on "States Rights"

[progressoid]

7. Yup.

[justiceischeap]

8. For years I've treated it as if it were. I take a vacation day on election day. nt

[Lucy Goosey]

9. Are employers in the US required to give workers time to vote?

I'm Canadian; we are entitled to 3 consecutive hours to vote on election day. In my province polls are open 9am to 9pm, and I work 8:00 to 4:00, so I have 5 hours after work to vote - my employer doesn't owe me time. But any worker whose normal working hours would not allow them 3 hours to vote gets to come in late or leave early or whatever works for them.

It seems only fair to me, but then again I'm obviously a brainwashed-librul-progressive-marxist Soviet Canuckistanian, so what do I know?

[panAmerican]

10. There's no such rule/law here in the US

[Brickbat]

11. It depends on the state; different states have different laws.