11-05-2002, 07:43 PM
Quote:To say you can't vote because you are too busy is a poor excuse. Not saying your schedules aren't busy, it just is an excuse. You could have planned to vote via absentee ballot (you don't need to be away to use this option) however you must plan that in advance. The other option you have is leaving work to vote. By law, your employer must allow you time away from the job to vote if you request it. You may not get paid for the time away from the job, but if you match it up with a lunch break or can work something out to make up the time, it won't be that bad financially. Your employer may even give you 30 minutes to an hour paid to go vote. At least you can ask
Yes.. they will give me a half hour unpaid to go and vote. However, home is 30 miles away. On shitty roads that's an hour 1 way drive. Plus half hour to wait in line and vote. 2 1/2 hours I don't have. This is not an excuse. It is a fact.