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Declare a federal holiday on Election Day, November 8th 2016

Created by J.S. on February 03, 2016

This petition is meant to call upon President Obama to declare a federal holiday on Election day to boost turnout by allowing at least federal workers a day off in a way which can increase voter participation while being clearly and unequivocally within executive authority. This is a first step in making elections more fair, but I think anything that could be done should be.

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