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What's an idea you have that should be an actual thing? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 5 months ago by return2ozma to c/[email protected]

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Tourist cities should have hotel rooms by the hour that are actually clean when you just want to take a nap.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Lots of countries vote on Sundays which solves that problem

[–] tty5 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It skews the results towards christian-backed candidates - Sunday mass gets people out of their houses, clergy reminds them to vote and at least hints who they should vote for and they do on their way home.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have never heard of that being an issue in my country where it is a constitutional requirement for elections to be held on Sundays or public holidays.

[–] tty5 1 points 5 months ago

It is an issue in Poland. Close to 30% of the population is at Sunday mass and even if priests were perfectly neutral (and they very much aren't) simply people deciding "I'm already out, I might as well vote" does make an impact on the outcome. Every time liberals and socialists score an election win is after electorate mobilization that counters that.

BTW I agree that voting should happen on a statutory holiday, but it shouldn't be one associated with a majority religion.