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minus-squareNougat@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·11 hours agoEvery state allows time off work to vote. Most of them, it’s paid time off. Plenty of early voting and vote by mail opportunites around, too.
minus-squareMutilationWave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·9 hours agoYeah that’s what the law says. But there’s a big difference between the law and reality that those of us who have worked poverty jobs know well.
minus-squareNougat@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 hours agoDefinitely don’t exercise your rights, especially when someone is infringing on them.
minus-squareMutilationWave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 hours agoSometimes food and shelter are more important than your rights. I wish I were nobler but that has been the fact before for me. Never missed an election though.
minus-squareNougat@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoYou’re not wrong. I also suspect that most of the eligible voters who decided to stay home were not in a food or shelter crisis.
Every state allows time off work to vote. Most of them, it’s paid time off. Plenty of early voting and vote by mail opportunites around, too.
Yeah that’s what the law says. But there’s a big difference between the law and reality that those of us who have worked poverty jobs know well.
Definitely don’t exercise your rights, especially when someone is infringing on them.
Sometimes food and shelter are more important than your rights. I wish I were nobler but that has been the fact before for me.
Never missed an election though.
You’re not wrong. I also suspect that most of the eligible voters who decided to stay home were not in a food or shelter crisis.
Absolutely correct.