Hacker News Reader

I don't know why the US is never serious about these things. We don't get a day off to vote, we don't get days off to get our mandatory vaccination.

But we get Juneteenth? I'm not from Texas, and where my family lived it didn't matter much that slavery was over until the 1950s. So an awkward, meaningless gesture towards black people for helping the DNC defeat Sanders is prioritized ahead of democracy and epidemic disease.

View on HN

If you need a full day off work to vote you have other issues.

Sounds like you're assuming your situation applies to everyone.

I was referring to societal problems, not the individuals problems. Voting should be easy and accessible and not something you have to take the day off or several hours out of your day to get done. I literally spent 3 minutes voting this year on my way out of the vaccination center.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com