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Election Day is approaching, and a few states have declared the date to be a public vacation, whereas others have mandated that employers should present paid day off for voting.
As an example, in New York state, workers are eligible for as much as two hours of paid day off within the occasion that they don’t seem to be given “sufficient time to vote,” in line with the New York State Board of Elections. That is described as 4 consecutive hours to vote both from when the polls open to the start of their shift, or 4 consecutive hours between the tip of their shift and when the polls shut.
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In response to the Motion Development Undertaking (MAP), an unbiased, nonprofit assume tank, solely 5 states have declared Election Day a public vacation and require employers to offer paid day off for voting.
Voting indicators on the Reo Elections Workplace on Oct. 3, 2024, in Lansing, Michigan. (Invoice Pugliano/Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)
Nineteen states don’t declare Election Day as a public vacation and don’t require employers to offer paid day off for voting.
Right here is the breakdown, in line with MAP
Election Day is taken into account a vacation and employers should present paid day off for voting:
HawaiiIllinoisMarylandNew YorkWest Virginia
Election Day is a vacation, however doesn’t require employers to offer paid day off:
“Vote Here” indicators outdoors a polling station in East Lansing, Michigan, on Aug. 1, 2024. (Emily Elconin/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)
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DelawareIndianaKentuckyLouisianaMichiganMontanaNew JerseyRhode IslandVirginia
Employers should present paid day off for voting, however Election Day will not be thought-about a vacation:
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AlaskaArizonaCaliforniaColoradoIowaKansasMinnesotaMissouriNebraskaNevadaNew MexicoOklahomaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahWyoming
State doesn’t have Election Day as a public vacation and doesn’t require employers to offer paid day off for voting:
WashingtonOregonIdahoNorth DakotaWisconsinArkansasMississippiAlabamaGeorgiaFloridaSouth CarolinaNorth CarolinaOhioPennsylvaniaConnecticutMassachusettsVermontNew HampshireMaineWashington, D.C.
