Posted on 10/13/2018 6:53:00 PM PDT by mdittmar
On Nov. 6, Americans will vote in one of the most important elections in our lifetime. Companies and their employees have a significant stake in the outcome. But too many people still say they don’t vote because they are too busy or their schedule won’t allow it.
We’ve seen this before. In November 2016, about 40% of eligible voters did not cast a ballot. Some made a conscious decision not to go to the polls on Election Day. But many of these voters simply didn’t have a choice. Around half of states do not require employers to give employees paid leave to vote. And more than a third of states don’t require employers to allow their employees to take unpaid leave to vote.
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8-5 Monday -Friday, 7-7 Saturday, 1-6 Sunday, 7-7 M-F; 7-7 election day as I recall. Vote at any of the polling places except on election day; that day only at your assigned precinct (when more locations are available.)
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