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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe small city of Sandusky, Ohio, has declared Election Day a paid holiday
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The small city of Sandusky, Ohio, has declared Election Day a paid holiday by swapping it out with Columbus Day.
Sandusky, Ohio, Makes Election Day A Paid Holiday By Swapping Out Columbus Day
Officials have been "thinking a lot about voter access and democracy," says City Manager Eric Wobser, "and so we thought it was a really natural switch."
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The small city of Sandusky, Ohio, has declared Election Day a paid holiday (Original Post)
Roland99
Feb 2019
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msongs
(67,406 posts)1. paid for who? nt
Roland99
(53,342 posts)4. City employees
In 2014 negotiations with the unions that represent police, firefighters, and municipal workers, the city suggested dropping Columbus Day, but giving up a paid holiday was a non-starter, Wobser says.
kennetha
(3,666 posts)2. My hometown!
Though I left many years ago
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,996 posts)3. Looks like it's on Lake Erie
I was hoping it was across the river from Kentucky just to spite Mitch McConnell.