What's an idea you have that should be an actual thing?
What's an idea you have that should be an actual thing?
Tourist cities should have hotel rooms by the hour that are actually clean when you just want to take a nap.
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Voting days should be mandatory holidays
I'm 50 years old and for as long as I can remember voting days in my country are a national holiday from the lowest government post to the highest.
Lots of countries vote on Sundays which solves that problem
It skews the results towards christian-backed candidates - Sunday mass gets people out of their houses, clergy reminds them to vote and at least hints who they should vote for and they do on their way home.
I have never heard of that being an issue in my country where it is a constitutional requirement for elections to be held on Sundays or public holidays.
It is an issue in Poland. Close to 30% of the population is at Sunday mass and even if priests were perfectly neutral (and they very much aren't) simply people deciding "I'm already out, I might as well vote" does make an impact on the outcome. Every time liberals and socialists score an election win is after electorate mobilization that counters that.
BTW I agree that voting should happen on a statutory holiday, but it shouldn't be one associated with a majority religion.
That's a thing where I am from. Also, only day where alcohol cannot be sold, as you must do your duty sober. Fair compromise if you ask me: if I already know who I am voting for, I also had the prescience to buy my booze the night before :)
But then we'd all get pissed the day before and be too hungover to go and vote
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