"A ton of people didn’t vote because they couldn’t get time off from work"

[Liberal Veteran]

93. That won't help much either.

Hell, even Thanksgiving and Christmas are a crap shoot for a lot of workers in non-essential jobs. Labor Day, Veterans Day, Independence Day, Memorial Day, etc....might as well be another day for most low wage workers. Except, of course, public transportation would do their usual holiday schedule so taking the bus to your polling place would be more interesting. For single parents, finding someone to watch the kids since school is going to be out is going to be more interesting for that day. And to be brutally honest, making that day a national holiday would likely just encourage an overworked population to take Monday off as well (as personal time or schedule a day off) and turn it into a four day vacation rather than use the time to vote.

Colorado, Oregon, and Washington have gone to vote by mail. That is a system that would do better to give everyone registered an opportunity to cast their ballot.