http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/04/07/an-election-day-holiday-in-california/ Politics in the Bay Area and beyond Thu, 23 May 2013 07:24:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/04/07/an-election-day-holiday-in-california/comment-page-1/#comment-30314 John W Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:57:21 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=15593#comment-30314 If people are so little motivated and ill-informed that it takes a holiday to make them vote (by mail or in person), then I’d just as soon they not vote at all. What makes anybody think that a non-voter would use the day off to go vote? But it probably would stir up more volunteer poll workers.

]]> http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/04/07/an-election-day-holiday-in-california/comment-page-1/#comment-30311 Common Tater Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:35:11 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=15593#comment-30311 For many years, election day in California has been a day of mental vacation. It might as well be a day of real vacation.

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