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Presidential election popular vote tallies lined up against “did not vote” (mbin.grits.dev)

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[–] JimmyMcGill 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Step 2 is out it is in most countries in Europe. But honestly I like how it is in the UK. You vote on a Thursday and people have legally mandated time off during that day to go vote.

I feel like a lot of people would definitely vote if it gave them paid time off from their work.

If you move to a weekend then it comes off their free time and they might be away etc

Also free and no hurdles mail voting.

[–] perviouslyiner 1 points 6 months ago

Where do you get the legal time off thing? afaik that's not a UK law - they would tell you to vote by post if you're going to be at work all day.

What does help is that polling stations are everywhere - I've never had to walk more than a few hundred metres to vote, nor had to wait.