Re: Conditional Suffrage?
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First of all, it's against the law in all States to take any disciplinary action against employees who take time off from work to vote.
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Disciplinary, no, but those who need to punch a time clock won't be paid for the time they missed.
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Second, polls are open in most states from 7 AM - 8 PM. I would suggest that only a miniscule percentage of the electorate needs to miss more than an hour or two of work to vote.
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When you're living paycheck to paycheck, an hour or two of work is significant.
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I don't agree with forcing employers to pay for the missed time.
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Nor do I... that's the only way having election day be on a day when 99% of the working population works would make sense, though.
Better to just change the day.
But let's not get off topic.... we're talking about restricting the right to vote of otherwise eligible voters.
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