>>I always thought it should be a government paid holiday, but that still wouldn't help those people in the service industry who must work. Perhaps two days of voting and call it a 'floating holiday' where you get one day or the other specifically for voting. Then of course everyone would want the same for local elections...
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>FWIW, I believe it's the law that an employer must give you time off to vote, but that could be a state thing.
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>Okay, yeah, looks like it's the states:
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>http://www.nfib.com/object/IO_31227.html
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>Tamar

Canada too. Employers must allow enough time for an employee to leave the office to vote. Usually that just means not keeping people late at the office.