This upcoming election reminded me of something

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Elevenst on January 10th, 2020 at 16:59 UTC »

Who the hell gets president's day off work?

missed_sla on January 10th, 2020 at 17:25 UTC »

Checks work calendar

You guys are getting President's day off?

notcaffeinefree on January 10th, 2020 at 18:04 UTC »

Everyone here talking about a day off for voting (which it should be), yet Washington, Oregon, and Colorado do all their voting by mail only. It's fucking great. You get a ballot roughly a month before the election day. You can fill it out whenever you have time and take the time to look up stuff if you want. And then when you're done, you just drop it off in any mailbox (at least in Washington, don't know about the other two states).

Even if election day was a holiday, I would much rather fill out the ballot leisurely in my own home, on my own time, instead of having to stand in a line for possibly hours.

Edit: I've gotten a few questions about how mail-in only voting works with people who don't have an address (e.g. homeless). All three states allow people without a permanent address to register and receive ballots, at a public office like USPS or the County Clerk. Also, the states still do have a small number physical voting centers that you could go to. In other words, having a permanent home address is not required to vote.