Many people (usually the lower class people) cannot ask for a day off or time off to vote. They may not have a job when they come back. Why don't they change election day to Saturday? Is it another Republican scheme?
2006-11-05 16:10:47 · 11 answers · asked by avp071 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
So, you think a low level employee that gets let go is going to press charges? get real. . . I guess, he's going to go and look for a lawyer and pay on minimum wage. . . ummm... he's not going to chance it... he's not going to vote. Only the most deligent will put in a proxy vote.
2006-11-05 16:18:20 · update #1
You miss the main point. . . WHY IS IT NOT CHANGED TO SATURDAY? Despite all of the ways to "Get the vote in early" there are thousands if not millions that won't go the extra mile... Why not make it easier rather than harder?
2006-11-05 16:21:22 · update #2
Here is why election day should be on Saturday instead of Tuesday. . .
http://coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061107/NEWS01/61107003
People got to the polls really early and still didn't get to vote, they had to leave and go to work. Mothers with babies waiting over an hour, many of them just giving up and leaving. . . Computers crashing, etc. . . So for all you know-it-alls, you can all remember my question when Election day is changed to Saturday. .
2006-11-07 11:02:21 · update #3
Sorry, Republicans don't scheme. Scheming is characteristic of Democrats, such as recruiting illegals to vote, ect.
2006-11-05 16:12:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
The fact that election day is on Tuesday is no excuse for not voting. The polls are open from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM. Few jobs
are those hours. A lot of people have to work on Saturday, too
(usually blue collar workers).
Also there are absentee ballots.
2006-11-05 16:21:42 · answer #2 · answered by early bird 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
In most states the pols are open 7am till 7pm and as long as you are in line before the 7pm cutoff you can vote. Some states polls are open longer. since most people don't work during all of those hours how would it keep anyone from voting. Not to mention most states have early voting, including weekends and most states have absentee voting. Lets not forget that voting is a right garaunteed by law and they better have a job to return to or they will no longer be lower class after they finish suing. So how are people of any economic background prevented from voting again?
2006-11-05 16:18:41 · answer #3 · answered by Wilkow Conservative 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There's almost nothing easier than an absentee ballot -- vote from the comfort of your own home, on your own time schedule. Any easier than that would be outright hand-holding or babysitting. I know people these days seem to expect the government to do everything for them (forgetting that a government powerful enough to give them everything is powerful enough to take everything away), but come on, voting is already pretty darned easy.
I think the idea that it's on a particular day of week as a ploy to exclude the lower class is preposterous. By your logic, changing the vote to Saturday would "exclude" retail clerks, nurses, and countless others who work on Saturdays (and who, we shall assume, need to be coddled even more than absentee voting). Bunk.
2006-11-05 16:36:17 · answer #4 · answered by trws1966 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your premise is simple not true.
The polls open very early and close late - and there's always the lunch break - being "lower class" isn't a legitimate reason not to vote. If all else fails, he/she can always get an absentee ballot and vote early.
I can't think of a good reason why anyone wouldn't vote.
Just think of the Iraqis who proudly held up their ink stained hands after voting - risking everything, including their lives, to take part in choosing their elected representatives.
2006-11-05 16:20:37 · answer #5 · answered by LeAnne 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That is ridiculous. First of all, most states have early voting that runs for 15 days including Saturdays. Also, for those who choose to vote on election day employers. by law, must allow time off for voting.
2006-11-06 01:18:57 · answer #6 · answered by tnmtngirl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The voting polls in my state are open till well after five. Then there is the lunch hour and certainly before work. I don't think even the republicans could think to time it just so working class people could not vote.
2006-11-05 16:21:40 · answer #7 · answered by pupcake 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-15 10:31:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the polls are open from 6 am to 7pm, and if you cant get to the polls you can vote by absentee ballot, so how is this keping lower income people from voting?
2006-11-05 16:19:19 · answer #9 · answered by twysty 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
ummm...its FEDERAL law that you are allowed to vote. no job may fire a person for voting, taking time off to vote nor is allowed to deny the option to vote.
2006-11-05 16:13:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋