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The fact that you guys hold elections on a work day is insane to the rest of the world.
Edit: Apparently some US states allow early voting, as several people have now proudly berated me for not knowing
The funny thing is that vote at home states have several weeks to vote, there's multiple days off already included there in the weekends. So work doesn't have to interfere with voting at all...
Every day is a work day for someone, having a designated day for voting is an outdated way to do it
Oh, I see, so because you can't have perfect, we shouldn't even try to make voting as accessible as possible ? That'sa rather defeatist take.
People can also vote by mail, or even vote early in many countries (for example, 12 days before the actual election day, here in NZ), but I expect you'll find a reason to have a problem with that too?
Honestly, the fact that you even tried that argument is astonishing.
"This guy disagrees with me about one issue so he must believe everything I don't and also be a dumb stupid idiot"
the fact you don't give people the entire twelve days off work in new zealand so you can spend five minutes voting is absolutely astonishing. how do you even call yourselves a democracy
Lol this guy, right?
The main problem isn’t that people can’t find time to vote. It’s that they won’t make time to vote.
Voter turnout in the country isn’t great. We need to institute compulsory voting. There should be absolutely no excuses with at-home voting options.
your information is a little rudimentary. elections in my state last two weeks.