The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for November 06, 2012

On the day of a federal election in Canada, an employee must be granted at least 4 consecutive hours off work with pay while the polls are open. Since the polls close at 20:00, that means being let off work at 16:00 for most day workers.

That’s the Chicago way !

Why not get rid of a holiday and make it a leagal holiday. that way more of the working people can vote or extend the hours till 10 pm

Thank God we still can vote.

In my state if you don’t have 3 consecutive hours outside of your work shift, your employer is required to pay you upto 2 hours and let you go vote. You can request beginning or end, otherwise the employer gets to decide when you go. You must request it a minium of three days in advance, you cannot ask for it the day of. I do not qualify since I am off at 4pm and polls close at 8pm thus I have 4 hours, but people who work later than me, could but most people aren’t too educated on their own laws. Each state is a little bit different.

IN OUR WORKPLACE, NONE OF THE EMPLOYEES IN THE SHOP VOTE…THEY ARE ALL MEXICAN…….AND YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT ABOUT THAT….

finkd, You beat me to it.

Here in Colorado, we have early voting, and recently, mail-in ballots as well as regular voting on Election Day.

Just remember folks! After the election if you don’t like the winners and you didn’t vote against them then you effectively voted for them.