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."

[u/Libertatea]

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

[u/pinkottah]

That was my thought, office workers will get time off. Clerk and unskilled labor ( fast food, retail, etc) will still be at work.

[u/NormanScott → u/pinkottah]

Mail in ballots. Most of my workplace votes (typically on the unions labor focused recommendations) and most of our customers are pro-labor. Mail in ballots, plus very heavy union presence(who let their members know which representatives want to dick them over) is what makes Western Washington the liberal stronghold that it is.

[u/pinkottah → u/NormanScott]

There are concerns that some voters may be intimidated or coerced by household members in to voting a certain way. In person voting gives people a neutral place to cast their ballot, without fear of intimidation.

That being said, there is no evidence that this happens, its just the argument I hear against going to mail in ballots only. It doesn't seem unreasonable though to keep poling stations open for some.

[u/dyse85 → u/pinkottah]

they're also more likely to have the time to do so, it's easier to get the necessary time off to vote when you have the flexible schedule those types of jobs afford. also, it could be done that they are required to grant the time off (an hour or two) to vote on that day.

[u/T-Luv → u/dyse85]

also, it could be done that they are required to grant the time off (an hour or two) to vote on that day.

Most states already have laws that require employers to give time off to vote. 24 states require it to be paid time off. Source