But this year, the idea is gaining steam. Six hundred companies, including Lyft, Airbnb and Paramount, have signed on to ElectionDay.org, which asks companies to give employees time off to vote or distribute information on voting, including how to obtain main-in ballots. It is not clear how many of those 600 are allowing time off versus distributing voting information.
“There is a groundswell of interest coming out for this,” said Nora Gilbert, director of partnerships for Vote.org. In a letter to employees, Starbucks President and CEO Kevin Johnson said the company’s voting pledge is part of a larger effort to promote racial equality and opportunity in the communities it serves.About half of U.S. states require employers to give workers at least a few hours off to vote in elections, according to Workplace Fairness, a nonprofit that tracks employment issues.
Good. Can’t wait for Republicans to cry about this.
Polls are open till 9:00. Most people only work till 5:00.
It would help people to have time off to vote.
NilesGApol Privatizing the Election Day holiday
Remember the young men who perished at the hands of that illegally armed militant this week in Kenosha, Wisconsin: JOSEPH ROSENBAUM,36 & ANTHONY HUBER,26. Say their names every day. Never forget them. They deserve total respect. RIP.
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