Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed into law a measure that makes Election Day a state holiday. Why aren't more states doing it? CillizzaCNN asks Norm Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute, a longtime observer of elections and electoral reform.
"Voting is a fundamental right, and these new laws strengthen our democracy by making it easier to cast a ballot, not harder," Northam said in a statement."No matter who you are or where you live in Virginia, your voice deserves to be heard. I'm proud to sign these bills into law."Virginia joins Delaware, Hawaii, Kentucky and New York in making Election Day a state holiday.
As a result, the turnout is over 90% and elections do not revolve around consultants trying to motivate their party bases to turn out while figuring out ways to suppress the base of the other party. One way to get more people to turn out is to take away the"rush hours" that occur when Election Day is a typical work day, and many people can only vote early in the morning before leaving for work or at the end of the day when returning home. Long lines discourage voting.
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