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kenny blankenship

(15,689 posts)

15. Damn Straight!

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:41 PM

Nov 2012

It still may not change much, but it's fucking obscene that elections are held on a work day/non-holiday. Disenfranchisement Tactic Number One - from way back but still suppressing the vote quite effectively from that day to this.

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Bernie Sander's proposal [View all] Playinghardball Nov 2012 OP

Everything Bernie says makes too much sense. Cleita Nov 2012 #1

It is a good idea. djean111 Nov 2012 #2

LOTS of people have to work on national holidays. BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #3

Most government agencies, banks, the Post office, and state and local government workers byeya Nov 2012 #5

which is a small percentage of the electorate. BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #6

I'm with Sen. Sanders on this one. And, the numbers of people having a national holiday off byeya Nov 2012 #10

I started a thread on this subject yesterday suggesting we move Columbus Day to Election Day to byeya Nov 2012 #4

Absolutely! Bernie, I hope you live to be 150 and are senator until you're 140. nt valerief Nov 2012 #7

Except that doesn't help the working poor very much at all. Lionessa Nov 2012 #8

They could solve the whole problem with a mail in vote. Cleita Nov 2012 #9

which would make the national holiday thing totally unnecessary. BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #17

With automatic federal registration. Gregorian Nov 2012 #11

Playing Devil's Advocate here NashvilleLefty Nov 2012 #12

Key word being... ReRe Nov 2012 #13

So state workers , banks , federal workers could have another day off with pay former-republican Nov 2012 #14

Damn Straight! kenny blankenship Nov 2012 #15

It has to go further than that. Warren Stupidity Nov 2012 #16