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Ross Perot had it right way back in 1992..... why do we vote on a Tuesday when the elections could be moved to a weekend - let's have a two day vote, Saturday and Sunday so that people who work for a living, can get to the polls a lot easier. I tried to vote this morning before work. There was nowhere to park, there was a slow moving line of cars near the building. Wasn't happening being that I had to be in the office at 8:00 sharp this morning for a meeting. I'll have to vote tonight instead.
Tuesday voting is another symptom of the sickness that is our politics.
Sorry BearGeek40, but the Tuesday voting day has nothing to do with intentional efforts to sabotage your workweek. It has nothing to do with any of our schedules. Rather, it all goes back to the farmers, weather, and their lives many years ago. Long story short, Tuesday was a day of the week that nothing much was going on, no church, no market day, no particular family activity, nothing. The first week in November was selected because it was after harvest time and the weather wasn't too terrible so the farmers could still get out and vote before winter came in.
A) Not every state has early voting, mail voting, etc. etc. I have two choices: show up in person, or request an absentee ballot. Requesting an absentee ballot requires forethought and logistics on my part - not only must I request the ballot a specified number of days ahead of time and return it by a specific date, but I also must supply a valid excuse to the county board of elections in order to qualify to vote absentee, and have a valid photo ID.
That would represent a massive failure on the part of your state legislators, who, if they have not adopted extended early voting for your state, could be classed as mental defectives. You'll want to get those clowns on the horn and ask why you don't have the option of early voting. The valid ID requirement is no impediment, obviously, since everyone either already has one or can get one at minimal cost. The "valid excuse" rule is something you'll want to bring up with your state legislators while you're reaming them out about not having extended early voting. As a practical matter...what business is it of your state why you want a mail-in ballot?
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Originally Posted by Ohiogirl
B) Many polling places are in schools; school is out of session on Election Day in my district and in many others. Why not have it be a holiday for everyone?
Primarily because most, if not all states, require employers to make reasonable accommodations for their employees to vote on Election Day. Consequently, there is simply no necessity to create yet another federal holiday just for Election Day, considering that the case can be amply made that we have too many federal holidays as it is.
In modern times, the Democrats would likely love to have elections on Sunday to discourage Christians from voting, and the Republicans would like to have it on Friday to reduce working class participation.
I'm all for that. And we can use churches for voting precincts as we currently use schools (where educators lean Democrat).
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