Should Election Day be a national holiday in the U.S.?
Making federal Election Day a paid national holiday is a recurring proposal in Congress, pitched as a way to boost turnout.
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With mail-in ballots, I think a national holiday is overkill. Voting is not a stretch for anyone motivated to do it.
A day off sounds nice, but would it actually get more people to the polls, or just hand a paid holiday to office workers while shift workers still clock in? What would change your vote?