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presidentjonesco: good: Why Isn’t Election Day a National Holiday? #takebacktuesday When you get to thinking about it, holding an election in the middle of the work week doesn’t make any sense. How can our democracy thrive when voting, perhaps our most broad-reaching civic duty, must be squeezed into what odd hours we can find for it?… So, in the spirit of a more engaged citizenship, we figured we’d do something about it: We want to make Voting Day a holiday. And here’s our plan: “Why isn’t Election Day a national holiday?” GOOD FUCKING QUESTION

presidentjonesco:

good:

Why Isn’t Election Day a National Holiday? #takebacktuesday

When you get to thinking about it, holding an election in the middle of the work week doesn’t make any sense. How can our democracy thrive when voting, perhaps our most broad-reaching civic duty, must be squeezed into what odd hours we can find for it?…

So, in the spirit of a more engaged citizenship, we figured we’d do something about it: We want to make Voting Day a holiday. And here’s our plan:

“Why isn’t Election Day a national holiday?” GOOD FUCKING QUESTION

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