This is completely unnecessary, just use mail ballots lol. The fact that we even have an election day shows how far we are behind the times.



If the amendments pass state legislatures, then I would consider them mainstream.

Out of curiosity, are you against making it easier to buy a gun because it would disproportionately affect Republicans? I don't really have a problem with making it easier to exercise your rights but you seem to have a big problem with it.

This post was edited by thundercock on Jun 8 2021 01:50pm

That's not true, like at all. Federal holidays are massively immitated by industry. They can't mandate time off for private companies, but making it a federal holiday is the closest thing they can do to achieving that goal.

So while on paper it's "only mandatory for a small set of workers", in practical terms, it will almost certainly get adopted by a lot of industries.

This post was edited by Thor123422 on Jun 8 2021 01:50pm

It would still not get adopted by some industries while applying 100% for one of the most Dem-friendly voting blocs (federal employees), and thus be a net positive for Democrats. And I think you underestimate the number of people who would not get a day off, and thus the magnitude of this effect.

Imho, the best solution would be to move election day to Sunday and/or make it an official holiday everywhere. The true obstacle here is that for some contrived Murica reason, the state apparently can't make holidays mandatory for the private sector in the U.S.

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Wasnt the reason for holding elections on Tuesdays that a devout Christian had to appear in church on Sunday, and voters from the rurals needed up to two days to make it to the polling sites by foot, horse or carriage?
Truly a tradition to be upheld in the 21st century...


Yes, but I'd be surprised if that actually happens. (Talking about the "governor/state legislature can override the popular vote" bills, not the "roll back the mail and absentee voting" stuff.)


Casting a vote is a huge responsibility, and quite frankly, many people are not knowledgable and smart enough to make an informed decision. It is for the better of society if certain low propensity, low info voters dont cast a ballot. I have no problem with having a minimum threshold in terms of effort before someone can vote.

Likewise, gun ownership is a huge responsibility, so I dont have a problem with stuff like waiting times or high requirements in terms of gun safety that a potential buyer has to satisfy before he gets his gun. I'm not a 2nd amendment fundamentalist...
In both cases, casting a vote and buying a gun, the requirements must of course not devolve into chicanery. And yes, some of the stuff Republicans have been proposing lately gets into this territory, like the GA law that says helpers may not provide water to people standing in long waiting lines.

This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Jun 8 2021 02:14pm

The Fed obviously has a stake, and therefore should also have a say, in how federal elections are administered.
From a theoretical point of view, I would say that the Feds should stay tf out of state elections, but this is of course a historically fraught issue in the U.S. ...

Considering Republicans are overwhelmingly more poor, less educated, and less informed, I think this is something we can all get behind. It would basically hand left-wing candidates the keys to the country.

ya but like i want one more day off without having to use vacation.

ya and you can sure see that represented in blue run chitholes, people screaming in the streets Burning Looting and Murdering. sure is a stark contrast between your imagination and reality.

funny that you’re a dyed in the wool lefty Democrat yet you possess all these parameters. subsidies on subsidies, and blame ‘russia’ for election results you dont like, but ones you do like are secure beyond reproach

your 10+year college experience (which ended in dropping out anyway) hardly counts as ‘’more education’ when you refuse to repay your loan. despite your pale pasty lefty privilege, you blame the company that provided you the money up front which you willingly signed

inb4 some typical passive aggressive frustrated repressed homophobic retort


yeah this

im all for a federal voting holiday. do it now and after the midterms any company with a brain in charge will make it a holiday for their employees.

its always been a squishy sort of come as you go day at the places where i’ve worked anyways. in 2016 the office was basically empty, same in 2012 and i was at a different firm

This post was edited by excellence on Jun 8 2021 03:05pm

just one word

no



very good post my friend!

government lefties really need a whole day off to vote?