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> > > > During the last Presidential election, the Reform Party wanted to have the election over a Saturday and a Sunday, you know, so people could actually get to the polling offices? I think that (or even making that Tuesday of the election a day off from work) is a great idea.
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> > > The USA holds something as important as an election ON A WORKING DAY? Are you SERIOUS? There are quite a lot of things relating to politics I can neither understand nor believe, but this beats all of them.
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> > > Brunnen-"flabbergasted"G
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> > Here, all elections are conducted through mail, so we have more of a two-week-or-so election period, plus grace time for the ballots to get in.
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> > gab"My (older) family members tell me I'm missing out"by
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> ALL of your elections are done by mail?? Here in California, that is not the case. Yes, you can do the 'absentee voter' option, but the physical action of going to the polls is still much more common. Just last year, when we had county measures to vote for, I waited in line to vote for over half an hour. And that was just for local measures.
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> To give Brunnen-G a little bit of reassurance, even though voting day is in the work week, employers must allow their employees to vote. If employees have to work during the entire time that the polls are open, the employer legally must give the employee two hours off in order to have ample time to vote.
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> Ellmyruh

I voted yesterday. That was 17 days before the general election, but I assume the results won't be announced until the normal date.

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