How is this for a poll tax?

[apnu]

I'm chatting with a friend over Y! and he tells me that he's home for the day. Why? I ask. Because the elementary school where 3 of his kids go, is closed for the day because its a polling place!!!!

So he's had to take his last paid time off day, from work, to sit his kids (his wife is a teacher, and that school is in session today).

:wtf:

As a kid, growing up, many of my schools were polling places for elections. And not once did I get the day off because of an election. I agree that election day should be a national holiday so folks can vote, but making my friend waste a paid day off is over the top!

[stray cat]

1. Are the teachers and staff at that school off - giving them the ease to vote?

[apnu]

3. Here in Illinois we have early voting. Went on for two weeks. Its not necessary.

We had no lines or problems with early voting and nothing funny. Odd for a state know for its election games, I know.

Still, he had to take a day off for this. Totally uncool of the school to do that.

[napi21]

2. When I was a kid, our school was also a polling place, and we

always got the day off! If the kids were there, they wouldn't be paying any attention anyway! I think the diff. is that WAY BACK when I was a kid, I don't remember anyone's mother working outside the home.

[joeglow3]

4. We vote at a school

and they have classes today.