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Are you part of the current and growing 40% of the Californian population that has chosen to vote-by-mail this election season? Although the nation's largest voting district, Los Angeles County, has the lowest number of the "absentee" voters at 20.6%, that number has increased by 32% more than the 2004 election. That leads way to worries of voter fraud and intimidation, but the two other continental states that share the Pacific Coast have practically done away with in-person voting: "Oregon led the way to the mailbox, doing away entirely with its polling places in 2000, after the passage of a voter initiative in 1998. Washington state is nearing 100% vote-by-mail," the LA Times says.
Half of State's Population Expected to Vote-By Mail
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Begley is a raving nutball and he is dead wrong. StrokerMcgurk
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Vote by mail = Amazing. Someone tell me the downside to NOT having to waste hours in line trying to vote. That's millions of people multiplied by a few hours = millions of dollars of wasted efficiency. Not to mention all the people who don't vote because they just can't get away from their desk that long.
If you're not self employed, there is a state law that your employer must provide 2 hours of paid time on election day if needed.
http://www.laboremploymentlawblog.com/election-law-election-day-brings-an-obligation-for-california-employers.html
When was the last time you successfully voted in the city of Los Angeles in less than 2 hours. That two hours has to also include getting to and from the polling place, parking.
The more people who vote absentee, the more likely it may take you less than two hours, but god knows it can take WAY more time than that. Don't think people want to get fired over casting one little vote.
I guess I'm super lucky. I can walk or ride my bike to my polling place and there has NEVER been a wait more than a minute. Go Sherman Oaks...
Me too Zach, although I drive, it only takes me about 15 - 20 minutes from start to finish. That's in Porter Ranch which isn't nearly as populated as many areas in LA.
I've been in HR for over 25 years (egadds!!) and although I've always made sure the "time off to vote" posters are posted, I've never had an employee take time off to vote. It is a necessary law, but most of the time employee's have plenty of time before and after work to go vote.
I voted Saturday morning in my pajamas! The nice thing is that I can look up all the propositions either in the nifty booklet I get or online (going to both the pro and anti sites can be helpful if it's something I'm not too familiar with). Made my decisions, filled out my bubbles, and handed it to my mail carrier early Saturday afternoon.
I'm pretty sure you only can take paid time off to vote if you're going to be working the entire time the polls are open, which applies to rare circumstance, like doctors and firefighters.
Yeah.. if you've applied for a vote by mail ballot within the last 3 weeks and still haven't received your paperwork, there is a very large chance that you won't get it in time. I applied a couple of weeks ago and called in today to check on my application and was told that I should just go vote at the Registrars office in Norwalk because they probably won't get to my application before November 4th. Fun. I've got to be out of town on election day and thought that I was doing what was necessary to vote but it seems that the system for processing the applications is too disorganized to get through the workload. I'm about to go on craigslist to organize a carpool to the Registrar's office so those people that can't get to Norwalk on their own have a chance to vote early.