Election Day holiday?

With the Republicans wanting to end mail-in voting despite it having been around for over a century under the name “absentee ballots,” why don't they try making Election Day a Federal paid Holiday where everybody is to have the day off from work? Also make it illegal to penalize workers for missing or being late to work other than docking pay on Election Day if they present an “I voted” sticker?

That way, they can take the time off to go to the poll, which in some rural areas can be hours away, wait in line and cast their vote and be protected from losing their jobs for missing work.

So have everything be closed on Election Day like it is on Christmas Day so people can take the time to vote. Surely this is more important to have a day off than Inauguration Day where people can just listen on the radio or these days stream it to their workplace?

Mark Westergaard

Arlington Heights