Forty-three states and the District of Columbia offer in-person early voting for between four days and 45 days, for an average period of 19 days.
But new legislation (H.R.1) – that just passed the U.S. House – seeks to give federal workers a paid day off on Election Day. Estimated taxpayer cost? $818 million every two years or more than $4 billion over a ten-year period.
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