> Aren't employers legally required to give you time off to vote?

Only 30 states require this (no federal requirement exists), and not all of them required paid time off to vote.

https://www.businessinsider.com/can-i-leave-work-early-to-vo...

Many states do but the time they're required to provide is pretty short and not long enough in some areas (2-4 hours mostly 2-3) and even where there are provisions like that employers can refuse to provide the time.

> Though many states allow employees to have up to three hours off during the time the polls are open (the number of hours varies by state), nearly all of the states allow employers to refuse time off to vote.

https://aflcio.org/2016/11/5/know-your-rights-state-laws-emp...

The states that don't offer time off controls a very large portion of the electoral college votes, unfortunately. The ones that offer paid time off are at a real disadvantage because of the electoral college, too.

They might be, but is it paid time off? If it's not, then many people may choose to work instead. Especially shift workers being paid on an hourly basis rather than salary.