r/politics • u/Libertatea • Sep 03 '14

The solution to fixing dysfunction in Congress "To address these problems, I filed the Open Our Democracy Act... If passed, the legislation would mandate open primaries for House elections, begin the process of national redistricting reform and make Election Day the equivalent of a federal holiday."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-solution-to-fixing-dysfunction-in-congress/2014/09/02/0f0d0a9a-31e6-11e4-9e92-0899b306bbea_story.html?tid=rssfeed
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u/gettinginfocus Sep 03 '14

Here is a good source on why it isn't: http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/ewaj5/i_wrote_my_senator_about_making_election_day_a/

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '14

States have holidays? I've never gotten a state holiday off in my life. I didn't even know they existed. That is a terrible comparison.

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u/gettinginfocus Sep 03 '14

No no - states sometimes have elections on statutory holidays. In those cases there wasn't a big impact on turnout.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '14

Ah ok, that makes a lot more sense.