USA Election Day As Public Holiday Proposal Revived

Sources: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's website, Senator Feinstein Press Release, and USA public holidays. Senator Clinton's 2005 Count Every Vote Act proposal is getting a second lease in life with the recent introduction of comprehensive election reform legislation, the Ballot Integrity Act of 2007, by Senators Dianne Feinstein and Christopher Dodd. Recall that Senator Clinton's act mandated that election day be made a US federal public holiday, to increase voter participation.

Analysis: Even if the provision for a federal public holiday on election day did make it in the final version of the Ballot Integrity Act, it would only apply to federal civil servants, leaving out state civil servants, as well as the private sector.