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12-29-2005, 04:35 PM
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Re: Conditional Suffrage?
Unless all employers could universally be forced to allow employees to go vote during business hours and pay them for the time they are out..
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. 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. I don't agree with forcing employers to pay for the missed time. 
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12-29-2005, 06:47 PM
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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. [/ QUOTE ] Disciplinary, no, but those who need to punch a time clock won't be paid for the time they missed. [ QUOTE ] 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. [/ QUOTE ] When you're living paycheck to paycheck, an hour or two of work is significant. [ QUOTE ] I don't agree with forcing employers to pay for the missed time. [/ QUOTE ] 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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#3
12-29-2005, 07:32 PM
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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. [/ QUOTE ] I'd like to see a cite on that. My understanding is that only about 20 states actually have such laws, and that the time allowed is not necessarily sufficient to cover the actual time needed to stand in line and cast a vote (ie: Ohio 2004). q/q
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#4
12-29-2005, 07:42 PM
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Re: Conditional Suffrage?
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[ QUOTE ] 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. [/ QUOTE ] I'd like to see a cite on that. My understanding is that only about 20 states actually have such laws, and that the time allowed is not necessarily sufficient to cover the actual time needed to stand in line and cast a vote (ie: Ohio 2004). [/ QUOTE ] This is correct. There is no uniform federal law regarding this. I believe the number of states that have laws requiring employers to give time off is closer to 30, but as you point out, some of them don't require very much. Part of the reason that there is no uniform federal law about this is that there is no uniform federal election.
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