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Election Day
The case for making Election Day an official holiday
by
David Brancaccio
and Daniel Shin
Nov 3, 2020
Andrea Hailey, CEO of the nonprofit Vote.org, thinks making Election Day a national holiday would go far in increasing turnout.
Why more workers are getting paid time off on Election Day
by
Janet Nguyen
Oct 1, 2020
A growing list of companies are allowing their employees to get the day off or paying them to work the polls.
Why Election Day isn’t a federal holiday
by
Janet Nguyen
Nov 2, 2016
Some say having the day off to vote will improve voter turnout, but it’s a tough sell to Congress and companies.
Employed or not, voting ritual often the same
Nov 6, 2012
In many ways, the 2012 presidential election is a referendum on a number: the nation's unemployment rate of 7.9 percent. Reporters in Oklahoma City (unemployment around 5 percent) and San Bernardino, Calif., (unemployment pushing 12 percent) look behind the numbers.
The Sandy effect on election night
Nov 1, 2012
Voter turnout may be lower than expected on the East Coast, but results could stay the same.
Campaigns reboot after Sandy
by
David Gura
Oct 31, 2012
Election officials in storm-stricken counties scramble ahead of voting day.