American citizens should push our state and national legislators to change our voting day from the first Tuesday (after the first Monday) of the month to the first Sunday of the month. Voting on Tuesdays is a primary reason why American elections have a notoriously low participation rate. Switching the voting day to Sundays would allow many working Americans to have their voice counted when it would otherwise be difficult or impossible. The reasons for voting on Tuesdays are based on our past agrarian society that have no basis in today's working world. As our Constitution states in the Fourteenth Amendment, "[n]o State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States" and voting is our most basic democratic right. Please sign this petition to voice your support for increasing the electoral opportunities for all voting-age Americans, as the Constitution intended.
Why is this important?
Inspired by the recent French elections where 80% of the population turned out to vote, we should push our legislators to switch our voting day from the first Tuesday of the month to the first Sunday of the month. Voting on Tuesdays keeps many working adults from being able to participate in democratic process. Switching to Sundays would increase the opportunity for higher electoral participation.
