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7. Or make it a mandatory national holiday.

Sun May 6, 2012, 04:34 PM

May 2012

You don't have to vote, but you can't get anything else done: it's all closed.

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Voting - Why can't we do it on the week-end? [View all] phantom power May 2012 OP

And waste a good weekend? Turbineguy May 2012 #1

What do you think this is, a democracy? mmonk May 2012 #2

A historical reason why voting is on Tuesday Retrograde May 2012 #11

Highly recommended. K&R n/t theaocp May 2012 #4

Add this to the recipe... MrMickeysMom May 2012 #6

Or make it a mandatory national holiday. Edweird May 2012 #7

The " stop the votes" laws set up by the Rethugs goclark May 2012 #8

People will come up with just as many excuses for not voting Retrograde May 2012 #9

It is in the Constitution, I think treestar May 2012 #10

You want to let poor people vote? TBF May 2012 #12

Religious people would whine. Odin2005 May 2012 #13

Why does it have to be done in one day? liberal N proud May 2012 #14

I would vote for Sunday voting.... Kalidurga May 2012 #15

Many of us can. surrealAmerican May 2012 #16

National election days should be considered a national holiday obxhead May 2012 #17