A friend of the blog writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I don’t necessarily think it should be easier to vote. I think people should respect their right and make informed decisions. But, I do think it would be beneficial if more people did take their right seriously and voted.
With that, I laugh every time someone declares that voting day as a holiday will make it easier for people to vote. Easier for whom? Most poor people working for minimum wage in service industries will still be working. Healthcare workers will still be working. The list could go on.
Let’s look at the announcement by the city of Sandusky, Ohio, who will be making voting day a holiday. They’re swapping out Columbus Day.<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0(I don’t think that I have ever had Columbus Day off let alone holiday pay for working it, so is this going to be helpful for people?) Some decision makers were concerned that they were losing a 3 day holiday, but we’re swayed because this would be for the greater good. Of note, per this article, this would only affect 250 residents out of 26,000. The city manager admits it is “a small gesture, but an important one.”
Not sure if it is even a gesture of any import. How many of these 250 were already voting?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nIt might be a cheap shot to say “Progressives benefit by driving lots of ill-informed people to the polls”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It really might. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m not sure “cheap shot” and “accurate” are mutually exclusive. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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