Lyft will offer discounted rides to voters during midterm elections (cnet.com) 28 points by Bluem00 7y ago ↗ HN
[–] willio58 7y ago ↗ I think while this is probably just a PR stunt, it is one of those PR stunts that actually benefit society in some little way. Right on!
[–] wpasc 7y ago ↗ What would it take to put election day on a weekend? that simple change alone could alleviate a portion of undue burden on voters at virtually no cost to the tax payers [–] dantheman 7y ago ↗ I think the amount of people who are busy on the weekend and would miss voting far outnumbers those who can't make time to vote on a normal day.Voting hours are normally like a 12 hour window, in cambridge it's from 7am - 8pm https://www.cambridgema.gov/Departments/electioncommissionIf you can't do that, then you can do an absentee ballot.
[–] dantheman 7y ago ↗ I think the amount of people who are busy on the weekend and would miss voting far outnumbers those who can't make time to vote on a normal day.Voting hours are normally like a 12 hour window, in cambridge it's from 7am - 8pm https://www.cambridgema.gov/Departments/electioncommissionIf you can't do that, then you can do an absentee ballot.
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 20.6 ms ] threadVoting hours are normally like a 12 hour window, in cambridge it's from 7am - 8pm https://www.cambridgema.gov/Departments/electioncommission
If you can't do that, then you can do an absentee ballot.