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Roland99

(53,342 posts)
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 09:50 PM Feb 2019

The small city of Sandusky, Ohio, has declared Election Day a paid holiday




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 OP
paid for who? nt msongs Feb 2019 #1
City employees Roland99 Feb 2019 #4
My hometown! kennetha Feb 2019 #2
Looks like it's on Lake Erie Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2019 #3

Roland99

(53,342 posts)
4. City employees
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 10:04 PM
Feb 2019
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.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,996 posts)
3. Looks like it's on Lake Erie
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 10:00 PM
Feb 2019

I was hoping it was across the river from Kentucky just to spite Mitch McConnell.

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