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Knowledge is power, make sure you're an informed voter
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"Non-voters" vote too. They vote for what everyone else chooses for them, then they complain when they don't get what they wanted.
They complain because, thanks to you and I, they can't afford to miss a day of work in order to vote, and that isn't changing no matter who we elect.
In the Netherlands the voting stations are open between 7:30 and 21:00 to somewhat mitigate the work issue.
Voting is made harder in many states on purpose, sadly, but when you're a wage earner and you know both candidates aren't going to do anything to help you, why miss work?
We should really hold elections on Sundays though. Open up mail-in for the bible belt.
I guess that mail-in votes are still considered being active on a resting day though (by the SGP crowd), so they might still be against sunday voting.