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Election Day is less than two weeks away as the clock ticks down on the 2024 election, which could impact paychecks of some Americans who take time out of their workday to cast their ballots, depending on their states’ voting leave laws.

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00:00Voting on a workday?
00:01Here's which states require paid voting leave.
00:04Election Day is less than a week away,
00:07which could impact paychecks of some Americans
00:09who take time out of their workday to cast their ballots,
00:12depending on their state's voting leave laws.
00:14According to management services firm ADP,
00:1728 states and Washington, D.C. require businesses
00:20to give their employees time off during the workday
00:23on Election Day to vote.
00:24Those states are Alabama, Alaska, Arizona,
00:28Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois,
00:32Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland,
00:35Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
00:39Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio,
00:43Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas,
00:47Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
00:51However, seven of those states do not require employers
00:54to continue paying employees
00:56while they are out casting their ballots,
00:58including Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia,
01:01Kentucky, Massachusetts, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
01:05The Census Bureau found that the most common reason
01:08Americans reported for not voting in 2022
01:10was being too busy with conflicting work or school schedules.
01:14Millions of Americans have already cast their early votes,
01:17with CNN reporting more than 18 million Americans
01:20had already voted as of Tuesday.
01:22In addition to early voting, voters across 39 states
01:25can cast their ballots via mail
01:27without having to provide a reason for doing so,
01:30while voters in nine states must provide eligible reasons
01:33to vote via mail, according to CBS News.
01:36For more on this story, check out Antonio Pequeño's article
01:39in the link in the description.

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