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[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Voting days should be mandatory holidays

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I'm 50 years old and for as long as I can remember voting days in my country are a national holiday from the lowest government post to the highest.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Lots of countries vote on Sundays which solves that problem

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It skews the results towards christian-backed candidates - Sunday mass gets people out of their houses, clergy reminds them to vote and at least hints who they should vote for and they do on their way home.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I have never heard of that being an issue in my country where it is a constitutional requirement for elections to be held on Sundays or public holidays.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

It is an issue in Poland. Close to 30% of the population is at Sunday mass and even if priests were perfectly neutral (and they very much aren't) simply people deciding "I'm already out, I might as well vote" does make an impact on the outcome. Every time liberals and socialists score an election win is after electorate mobilization that counters that.

BTW I agree that voting should happen on a statutory holiday, but it shouldn't be one associated with a majority religion.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

That's a thing where I am from. Also, only day where alcohol cannot be sold, as you must do your duty sober. Fair compromise if you ask me: if I already know who I am voting for, I also had the prescience to buy my booze the night before :)

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

But then we'd all get pissed the day before and be too hungover to go and vote

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago