Posted on 10/22/2016 12:58:01 PM PDT by faucetman
I have advocated for a national day of voting holiday for a long time.
1. Election day made a PAID national holiday. Everyone gets the day off.
a. There would have to be provisions made for essential personnel, police, fire, hospitals, etc. (NOT for Walmart) .....Details.
b. Payment can be worked out. Who pays, how much, tax credit, lump sum, variable based on income. ....Details.
EVERYONE votes on election day during the same period of time. (minor exceptions for Hawaii and any other far flung places). ....Details
2. The polls open and close at the exact same "moment" nationwide.
a. By the clocks, times would be different across the country because of time zones, but everyone would be voting during the same "time frame".
We are only talking 5 hours here. Polls in the east could open at 10 am and close at 10 pm. 12 hours of voting, should be enough. You've got all day instead of trying to squeeze it in before work, during lunch, after work. 8 hours of your voting day is now spent at work, unavailable to you for voting.
Polls in Alaska could open at 6 am and close at 6 pm.
Let's say 1 hour before work, 1 hour at lunch, and 3 hours after work. That's only FIVE hours instead of TWELVE and almost everyone else was in line trying to vote at the same time!
Later in the east, earlier in the west. Hours available for actual voting would have to be shortened (only by 4 hours in NY), BUT everyone has the day off. No 6 pm to 9 pm after work/dinner crunch.
If overcrowding at some polling places would likely occur, create MORE polling places. ....Details.
3. Make it illegal for the press or anyone else to release ANY voting data before the polls have CLOSED.
Remember, ALL polls are closing at the exact same moment! No way for one state's results to influence another's.
NO EXIT POLLING! They'll just have to WAIT for "ACTUAL RESULTS", how droll.
NO EARLY VOTING! Absentee ballots should only be used by the infirmed, active duty military, overseas citizens, etc. You know, like it USED TO BE.
No more Florida 2000s where Dan Rather et al, caused the election debacle in Florida, falsely declaring Gore the winner in Florida, when the polls were still OPEN in the Panhandle, a Republican stronghold.
Note: I used to think this was just an F*** up (Foul up), but with what I know today, I'm convinced it was a deliberate attempt by the liberal media to throw the Presidential election to the Democrats.
Bonus: You might have to or want to take your kids to the polls. A VERY teachable moment! Make voting a FAMILY affair. Train up the youngins to VOTE.
Bonus: You could have voting parties, rallies, get togethers. You could go to the polls together. (designated drivers)
To avoid added pressure on police, ambulance, and hospitals, make your parties, Party Specific R or D. Undecideds, fence sitters, not fully committed, voters will still attend your gathering. It could be a chance to sway a few more votes your way. Take them with you to the polls!
Election day may well be the most important day of the year for our country. We DESERVE fair elections, devoid of FRAUD.
I know many will object to the "PAID" idea, but what is more important to spend our money on than fair elections? I'm sure there are a MILLION budget items that we could choose from to cut so we could afford this, or we could make Mexico pay for it!
People who don’t want to vote, can’t do what’s already easy enough to vote and/or are not informed should not be voting.
Schedule it over a weekend.
And who would you like as dictator?
1. Who pays? How much? You seriously going to pay 100,000,000 people $50-1000 dollars for a few minutes’ effort?
2. You seriously going to deny me the option of voting before work just because Alaska is in a significantly different longitude?
3. Death threat for reporting polling results? Seriously?
ANOTHER PAID holiday for union workers?
Although I might have missed the following in your list, let's also include moving tax day, April 15, to the day before election day.
And lets have Congress put the following excerpt at the top of the first page of every return.
Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States. Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
In fact, patriots need to work with Trump and the states to amend the Gibbons excerpt to the Constitution.
I like some of the ideas a lot. Other i disagree with.
But at least you’re interested and concerned enough to build a core vision.
Kudos.
To stop this from happening, vote Trump!
“1. Election day made a PAID national holiday. Everyone gets the day off. “
1) And whose going to pay for it?
2) What holiday do you know of where everyone isnt working?
3) If you care enough, you will make some time to vote.
Newsflash to the 9 to 5’ers, but not everyone has a weekend off.
Or have people failed to notice all of those human-looking creatures at the stores and restaurants you visit on a Saturday?
a horrible idea
MOVE Election Day.
To April 16th. . .
Anyone who wants to can vote already. Given the general level of ignorance among a majority of voters, I think too many people vote. Why should people who pay no attention to what’s going on beyond Kanye and Kim be encouraged to vote? If anything we should make it harder.
1. Election day made a PAID national holiday. Everyone gets the day off.
Who pays the self-employed?
Give them a choice to take off MLK day or election day. But not both.
The first few times I voted, all voting was on one day only and all schools served as polling places. I never knew anyone who didn’t vote once they turned 18. Of course back then all the stores in our area closed at 5 p.m. on Saturday. Restaurants did not open until Noon on Sunday because most people went to church on Sunday morning and retail stores and entertainment venues were closed on Sunday.
The real issue, IMO, is how to devise a system which would work in today’s electronic world and honestly reflect the wishes of the voters. We also need to have an educational system beginning in kindergarten that teaches American history honestly and stresses the importance of voting. Everyone has to feel like their vote means something.
Good Idea! Pay people to Vote!
All you “Anti s” are having a field day.
The main REASON behind my idea is to help prevent voter fraud, especially by the media.
Weekend voting is not likely to work, people have other plans.
The day before tax day, maybe, but last minute tax filers will take advantage of the day off to don their taxes.
I don’t get why the idea of making up for lost wages so that we can have fair elections and greater turnout is so offensive. By the way, in case you didn’t get it, the reason for making up for lost wages, is that it would have public support in order to get enacted into law.
I don’t care how we pay for it. That’s one of the small details.
The treasury can pay for it. Means test it. ONLY FOR REGISTERED VOTERS. Self employed get a CHECK like all other REGISTERED voters, maybe with a provision that to get paid next year you have to have actually voted. ....DETAILS.
I disagree, It’s EVERYONE’S civic duty to vote.
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