Sandusky, Ohio, dumps Columbus Day and declares Election Day a paid holiday
Source: CNN
By Ray Sanchez, CNN 8 hrs ago
The small north-central Ohio city of Sandusky, on the shore of Lake Erie, has unwillingly thrust itself into a contentious nationwide debate over increasing voter turnout: officially swapping Columbus Day for Election Day as a paid holiday.
"Some of it was just dumb luck as to the timing of the national conversation," City Manager Eric Wobser told CNN on Saturday.
The new rule, which takes effect this year, coincides with sweeping Democratic legislation that would make Election Day a federal holiday, prohibit the purging of voter rolls and require presidential candidates to release their tax returns, among other changes.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell last week drew backlash from Democrats for calling the House bill a "power grab," mocking it as the "Democratic Politician Protection Act" and arguing that it rewrites the "the rules of Americans politics for the exclusive benefit of the Democratic Party.
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That's a great idea. Columbus Day "celebrates" a genocidal murderer and should be banned throughout the United States. Sorry my Italian friends, but you have so many other true Italian heroes to choose from, pick one that doesn't carry so much genocidal baggage. 
Besides, America was "discovered" by the Clovis people around 13,000 years ago. It's kinda' hard "discovering" a body of land when people are already living there. And Columbus thought he had discovered Japan. Just choose another Italian who was outstanding in his/her field.
Only McTurtle would think giving people time to vote is a "power grab". 
This only confirms what we've known all along; Republicans want to suppress the vote as much as possible. They only want their people voting. Everyone else must be kept away from the polls as far as they're concerned, and they've raised voter suppression to an art form. 
at "Franklin Roosevelt declared Columbus Day a national holiday in 1937".
"In recent decades, Native Americans and other groups have protested the celebration of an event that resulted in the colonization of the Americas, the beginnings of the transatlantic slave trade and the deaths of millions from murder and disease.
European settlers brought a host of infectious diseases, including smallpox and influenza, that decimated indigenous populations. Warfare between Native Americans and European colonists claimed many lives as well.
Several U.S. cities and states have replaced Columbus Day with alternative days of remembrance. Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon and South Dakota have officially replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day, as have cities like Denver, Phoenix and Los Angeles."
I'm not going to argue this rather insipid point any further. You go right ahead and celebrate Christopher Columbus's "achievements" in any way you see fit. Have a wonderful day. 
Buh-bye.
