Make Election Day a national holiday

[floridafan]

Sen. Bernie Sanders has proposed a bill to designate "Democracy Day" as a national election holiday to make it easier for Americans to vote.

Nationwide, preliminary indications are that the total turnout for the 2014 elections was only 36.6 percent, according to the United States Elections Project at the University of Florida.

In America, we should be celebrating our democracy and doing everything possible to make it easier for people to participate in the political process. Election Day should be a national holiday so that everyone has the time and opportunity to vote. While this would not be a cure-all, it would indicate a national commitment to create a more vibrant democracy.

We should not be satisfied with a "democracy" in which more than 60 percent of our people don't vote and some 80 percent of young people and low-income Americans fail to vote. We can and must do better than that. While we must also focus on campaign finance reform and public funding of elections, establishing an Election Day holiday would be an important step forward.

 

[/MSG/]

Like Columbus Day, where the only places closed are the Post office and banks?

Or have you considered the idea that people don't wanna vote?

 

[archives]

Sen. Bernie Sanders has proposed a bill to designate "Democracy Day" as a national election holiday to make it easier for Americans to vote.

Nationwide, preliminary indications are that the total turnout for the 2014 elections was only 36.6 percent, according to the United States Elections Project at the University of Florida.

In America, we should be celebrating our democracy and doing everything possible to make it easier for people to participate in the political process. Election Day should be a national holiday so that everyone has the time and opportunity to vote. While this would not be a cure-all, it would indicate a national commitment to create a more vibrant democracy.

We should not be satisfied with a "democracy" in which more than 60 percent of our people don't vote and some 80 percent of young people and low-income Americans fail to vote. We can and must do better than that. While we must also focus on campaign finance reform and public funding of elections, establishing an Election Day holiday would be an important step forward.

Actually a good idea, but Bernie's bill had a ton of riders attached some of which were impractical as a week off in areas that have a week to vote

Getting one official day though would be a good idea, or they could even move it to a weekend to insure anyone who wanted to vote wouldn't be tied up due to work

 

[floridafan]

Like Columbus Day, where the only places closed are the Post office and banks?

Or have you considered the idea that people don't wanna vote?

Give more people the opportunity to vote, by making a national holiday.

 

[CFM]

Sen. Bernie Sanders has proposed a bill to designate "Democracy Day" as a national election holiday to make it easier for Americans to vote.

Nationwide, preliminary indications are that the total turnout for the 2014 elections was only 36.6 percent, according to the United States Elections Project at the University of Florida.

In America, we should be celebrating our democracy and doing everything possible to make it easier for people to participate in the political process. Election Day should be a national holiday so that everyone has the time and opportunity to vote. While this would not be a cure-all, it would indicate a national commitment to create a more vibrant democracy.

We should not be satisfied with a "democracy" in which more than 60 percent of our people don't vote and some 80 percent of young people and low-income Americans fail to vote. We can and must do better than that. While we must also focus on campaign finance reform and public funding of elections, establishing an Election Day holiday would be an important step forward.

Bernie has proposed lots of stupid things. Why should this be any different.

Hate to break it to you but the reason people don't vote has nothing to do with anything but their laziness and apathy.

 

[CFM]

Give more people the opportunity to vote, by making a national holiday.

They have the opportunity to vote now. They choose not to.

 

[Irish Exit]

I am not opposed to it being a national holiday in exchange for dropping one of the others but Democracy Day is just a silly name. Call it, oh I don't know, Election Day.

 

[Irish Exit]

Like Columbus Day, where the only places closed are the Post office and banks?

Or have you considered the idea that people don't wanna vote?

Some people will not. I closed one of my businesses early in 2016 so people could go vote and the ones who hadn't already voted still didn't vote per their own self-reporting. The ones who did vote went before work.

 

[floridafan]

Some people will not. I closed one of my businesses early in 2016 so people could go vote and the ones who hadn't already voted still didn't vote per their own self-reporting. The ones who did vote went before work.

Are we supposed to believe more right wing bull shit. Of course you don't want people to vote, the fewer the better.

 

[/MSG/]

Some people will not. I closed one of my businesses early in 2016 so people could go vote and the ones who hadn't already voted still didn't vote per their own self-reporting. The ones who did vote went before work.

It's almost as if people just don't want to vote...

 

[CFM]

Are we supposed to believe more right wing bull shit. Of course you don't want people to vote, the fewer the better.

Your motivation for a holiday is so you sorry ass can have a paid day off.

 

[Irish Exit]

Are we supposed to believe more right wing bull shit. Of course you don't want people to vote, the fewer the better.

You can believe whatever you want to believe. I learned a long time ago not to try to argue with mental patients.

 

[Irish Exit]

It's almost as if people just don't want to vote...

TBH, in the midterms I didn't vote for any of the candidates so I get that. I just voted on the 2 ballot issues. I at least was feeling generous in 2016 as the polls were pretty busy when I went at my normal nobody would be there time, so wanted to give them a chance to beat the 5 pm rush. I won't in 2020.

 

[/MSG/]

Voting is pretty pointless honestly, I'm probably not gonna bother. Also registering to vote makes your address a matter of public record, so anyone can look that shit up.

 

[floridafan]

Voting is pretty pointless honestly, I'm probably not gonna bother. Also registering to vote makes your address a matter of public record, so anyone can look that shit up.

Is there no end to what your kind will do to keep people from voting?

 

[evince]

Like Columbus Day, where the only places closed are the Post office and banks?

Or have you considered the idea that people don't wanna vote?

is that what you fought for ?

making it harder for Americans to vote?

 

[evince]

Voting is pretty pointless honestly, I'm probably not gonna bother. Also registering to vote makes your address a matter of public record, so anyone can look that shit up.

unbelievable

what the fuck happened to you?

 

[PostmodernProphet]

Give more people the opportunity to vote, by making a national holiday.

they would all go on vacation.....

 

[evince]

I am not opposed to it being a national holiday in exchange for dropping one of the others but Democracy Day is just a silly name. Call it, oh I don't know, Election Day.

the right sure hates the word democracy


your gig is up

we know why you hate it

yurty sucks weasel ass

 

[Truth Detector]

Sen. Bernie Sanders has proposed a bill to designate "Democracy Day" as a national election holiday to make it easier for Americans to vote.

How is voting hard snowflake? Bernie is a moron.