[jesterpm]

I would actually expect worst outcomes if you turned it into a three day weekend. Why stay in town and vote when you could use the three day weekend for something more fun?

With typical work weeks in mind, midweek makes more sense to avoid conflicting with weekends.

(and here's why we don't have unanimous agreement—it's always the little details that hang people up)

[bluejekyll]

In most places you can vote before the election for varying degree of times (like 1-2 weeks). We don’t need a holiday for voting.

What we need is the ability for people to get their ballot easily, return it when they want.

Where I live, I get my ballot for every election in the mail, I fill out at home. I then walk it down to a secure ballot drop box a few blocks away. Everyone should have this experience.

[matthewdgreen]

I take it you haven't been paying attention to US politics around early voting and vote-by-mail this last couple of years. :(

PS: the disadvantage of fixing vote-by-mail is that voting is run by 50 states, with wildly different standards in each (and some run by politicians that are opposed to the entire concept.) Whereas a Federal election-day holiday is at least just one vote by Congress.

[bluejekyll]

I have absolutely been paying attention. And I find it sad and frustrating that a party is using its loose grip on power to ensure anti-democratic policies are in place based on misleading information and fear.

I agree on the holiday. It’s fine if they want to do it, I’m not against it. I just think it’s not the thing we need to be demanding.