Comments on: Why isn't Election Day a Holiday? http://voiceswithoutvotes.org/2008/11/04/why-isnt-election-day-a-holiday/ Americans vote. The world speaks. Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:24:42 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jillian York http://voiceswithoutvotes.org/2008/11/04/why-isnt-election-day-a-holiday/comment-page-1/#comment-1591 Jillian York Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:47:32 +0000 http://voiceswithoutvotes.org/2008/11/04/why-isnt-election-day-a-holiday/#comment-1591 Kelly, I agree - the government here does not place significant emphasis on encouraging folks to vote, and it should! -Jillian Kelly,

I agree – the government here does not place significant emphasis on encouraging folks to vote, and it should!

-Jillian

]]> By: Kelly http://voiceswithoutvotes.org/2008/11/04/why-isnt-election-day-a-holiday/comment-page-1/#comment-1590 Kelly Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:21:36 +0000 http://voiceswithoutvotes.org/2008/11/04/why-isnt-election-day-a-holiday/#comment-1590 I was just thinking of that yesterday myself. Why isn't Election Day a holiday in the US? Now that I'm a little older, I'm lucky enough to have a job that respects your duty to vote and understands if you're late that morning or leave early in the afternoon to reach your polling place. But in years past it would've been impossible for me to vote between going to school and working full time. My polling place was open from 6AM (too late for before work) to 8PM (too early for after class). Many people simply cannot make it to their designated place within the desiganted times. Aaah, but that is what absentee ballots are for. They send you a ballot, and you mail it back by a certain time. However, you will only be able to get an absentee ballot if you are determined. Many people do not even know that they are available or how to get one, and local districts do not make it easy for you to find out. Information about voting should be much more accessible and advertised than it is. I don't think that the government in this country places much importance on encouraging everyone to vote. I was just thinking of that yesterday myself. Why isn’t Election Day a holiday in the US? Now that I’m a little older, I’m lucky enough to have a job that respects your duty to vote and understands if you’re late that morning or leave early in the afternoon to reach your polling place. But in years past it would’ve been impossible for me to vote between going to school and working full time. My polling place was open from 6AM (too late for before work) to 8PM (too early for after class). Many people simply cannot make it to their designated place within the desiganted times.

Aaah, but that is what absentee ballots are for. They send you a ballot, and you mail it back by a certain time. However, you will only be able to get an absentee ballot if you are determined. Many people do not even know that they are available or how to get one, and local districts do not make it easy for you to find out. Information about voting should be much more accessible and advertised than it is. I don’t think that the government in this country places much importance on encouraging everyone to vote.

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