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   Hrefna (DHC) (hrefna@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 02-Nov-2024 09:32:20 JST Hrefna (DHC)

   I've maintained for awhile that three of the best things we could do would be:

   1. Universal mail-in ballots with in-person locations as fallbacks.

   2. Automatic registration when you turn 18 (or at least like selective service levels of universality: they get 97% registration), allowing day-of registration.

   3. Make day-of a national holiday to give more people an opportunity to get to a station for drop-off and give more people the ability to fall back.
   https://mstdn.social/@rebeccawatson/113410491016261302

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     Julio J. 🀲 (j3j5@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 02-Nov-2024 09:41:11 JST Julio J. 🀲

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     @hrefna I'm sorry if this is a stupid question but, why in the hell do elections happen on a Tuesday instead of a Sunday?

     It looks to me like a decision made on purpose to make it harder for working ppl to vote, idk

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     Hrefna (DHC) (hrefna@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 02-Nov-2024 09:42:15 JST Hrefna (DHC)

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     (1) is what, among others, Colorado does.

     (2) is true in 24 states + DC at this time, per ballotpedia.

     (3) multiple states do have voting leave laws, but obviously a federal action is required for a federal holiday.

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     Hrefna (DHC) (hrefna@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 02-Nov-2024 09:44:13 JST Hrefna (DHC)

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     • Julio J. 🀲

     @j3j5 It was originally to make it _easier_ for people to vote: https://www.npr.org/2012/11/06/164389324/why-does-the-u-s-hold-elections-on-tuesday

     But yeah, now it is a shining lesson in path dependency and how these decisions need to be revisited now and again.

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     Julio J. 🀲 (j3j5@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 02-Nov-2024 10:03:05 JST Julio J. 🀲

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     @hrefna wow, I'm amazed that choice hasn't been revisited since, unbelievable