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You could also move voting to Saturday.


That would require a constitutional amendment.


Nope! You could easily require states to offer a full week of voting as a minimum, this would also cut down on the tactic of making long lines at voting stations to reduce turn out.


> Nope! You could easily require states to offer a full week of voting as a minimum, this would also cut down on the tactic of making long lines at voting stations to reduce turn out.

How can you do that without an amendment? As I understand it, states are free to choose the methods for elections (which is why there is such variety in the US).

From the whitehouse.gov site:

> Federal elections are administered by state and local governments, although the specifics of how elections are conducted differ between the states. The Constitution and laws of the United States grant the states wide latitude in how they administer elections.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/elections-v...




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