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[โ€“] stoy@lemmy.zip 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

not having the day off to vote

Most countries have elections on thw weekend.....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_day

[โ€“] rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Lots of people work on weekends.

[โ€“] stoy@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 months ago

Yep?

But less people work on weekends than on weekdays.

There is no universal day for everyone to make it, which is why Sweden offers pre-election voting and voting by mail, plenty of other countries does as well.