Should Election Day Become a National Holiday (As in Paid Time Off)?

When we read this piece on AOL Jobs, it made us smile.

After all, what better way to ensure everyone will get to the polls by making a national holiday during Election Day? Translation: Paid time off from the office job.

As per the piece, approximately 50 to 60 percent of the voting population will have cast ballots during the presidential election.

Considering that government workers already get Election Day off, why not regular folks, too? Would that actually propel people who were disinterested in the election to get out there and cast their vote? Hmmm.

Well,

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