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Time Off To Vote

Time off to vote is available for those whose work hours exceed polling place hours. If not, employers are not required to give time off to vote. Employees in Alabama may take up to one hour, but not if the polls are open two hours before their shift and open at least one hour after their shift. The employer is not required to pay wages for the time off. Whether this time is paid varies by town.

Employers must allow enough paid time off to vote for their employees, unless the employer has at least two hours to vote before or after his/her work hours.

In Arizona, employers must grant paid leave for voting if there are less than three hours between the time that polls open or close and when an employee starts or ends their shift. Employees must request leave before Election Day. The employer may specify the hours the employee can be absent from work.

Employer shall schedule sufficient time on election days so that employees may vote. This time varies by location.

Private and public employers must give employees time off to vote unless the employee has two hours of nonworking time available to vote or fails to vote. Employers may require employees to give advance notice that they will need additional time off for voting. Employers may require the time off to be taken at the beginning or the end of the employee's shift.

Employers must grant employees two hours of paid leave to vote, unless polls are open three hours before or after regular working shift.

Connecticut allows voters to request 2 hours off of unpaid leave on Election Day if requested up to two days beforehand.

Time off to vote is subject to the employer, there is no requirement for employers to grant time off to vote for employees.

DC law allows you to request up to two hours of paid leave from your scheduled working shift to vote:

  • in an election held in the DC if you are eligible to vote in DC
  • or in an election held in the jurisdiction in which you are eligible to vote

Your employer may require you to request this time off reasonably in advance and specify the time that you take it, including potentially during early voting. 

Time off to vote is subject to the employer, there is no requirement for employers to grant time off to vote for employees.

Employers must grant employees two hours of paid leave to vote, unless polls are open 2 hours before or after regular working shift. This time may be paid depending on location.

Employers must give employees two hours to vote, unless polls are open 2 hours before or after regular working shift. This time is paid, with proof that the vote has been cast.

Time off to vote is subject to the employer, there is no requirement for employers to grant time off to vote for employees.

Every employee is entitled, after giving notice, to two hours off work, provided that the employee's working hours begin less than 2 hours after the opening of the polls and end less than 2 hours before the closing of the polls. The law does not specify whether time off is paid.

Time off to vote is subject to the employer, there is no requirement for employers to grant time off to vote for employees.

If your work schedule doesn't give you 2 consecutive hours off work while the polls are open, you have the right to take up to three hours off from work to vote.

You must make a written request for time off to vote to your employer before election day. Your employer has the right to specify which hours you get to take off. You cannot be penalized and deductions cannot be made from your regular salary or wages on account of this absence

Any registered voter may leave work for a period of up to two hours to vote. If the polls are open before or after the work shift, the voter may only take such time off that, when added to the amount of time before or after work that the polls are open, it does not exceed two hours.

Employers must allow employees up to 4 hours to vote during their regular work shift.

Time off to vote is subject to the employer, there is no requirement for employers to grant time off to vote for employees.

Time off to vote is subject to the employer, there is no requirement for employers to grant time off to vote for employees.

Employers must grant employees up to two hours of paid leave to vote, unless polls are open 2 hours before or after regular working shift, or if employee has sufficient time to vote on his/her own. Employees must provide proof that they cast their vote to receive compensation for time off.

Voters employed in mechanical, manufacturing or mercantile businesses are allowed time off during the first two hours after the polls have opened only if an application for absence has been submitted.

Time off to vote is subject to the employer, there is no requirement for employers to grant time off to vote for employees.

Employers are required to allow people to take time off from work for the time necessary to vote in person on Election Day and before Election Day when in-person voting is permitted.

Time off to vote is subject to the employer, there is no requirement for employers to grant time off to vote for employees.

Employers must grant employees up to three hours paid leave to vote, unless polls are open three consecutive hours before or after regular working shift. Employees must request this time prior to Election Day, and the employer may specify when during the working day employees may take time off.

Time off to vote is subject to the employer, there is no requirement for employers to grant time off to vote for employees.

Employers must grant employees from one to two hours paid leave to vote, unless polls are open two consecutive hours before or after regular working shift. Employees must request this time prior to Election Day, and the employer may specify when during the working day employees may take time off.

Employers must grant employees up to three hours paid leave to vote, unless polls are open three hours before or after regular working shift. If you live equal to or less than 2 miles away from your polling place, you are granted 1 hour of civil leave. Greater than 2 and equal to or less than 10 miles grants the employee 2 hours. Greater than 10 miles grants the employee 3 hours. The time off should be paid.

Time off to vote is subject to the employer, there is no requirement for employers to grant time off to vote for employees.

Time off to vote is subject to the employer, there is no requirement for employers to grant time off to vote for employees.

Employers must grant employees up to two hours paid leave to vote, unless polls are open two hours before or three hours after regular working shift. The employer may designate the hours to be taken, but it may not include lunch or rest hours.

Employees are allowed to take off up to two hours of work, without loss of pay, to allow for time to vote. You may take the time off at the beginning or end of your working shift, as your employer may designate, or as otherwise mutually agreed.

You must tell your employed no less than two days before Election Day that you plan to take time off to vote.

Time off to vote is subject to the employer, there is no requirement for employers to grant time off to vote for employees.

The law encourages employers to provide time off to vote when an employee's regular work schedule conflicts with the times polls are open. This policy however is voluntary.

Employers are prohibited from firing an employee who takes a reasonable amount of time to vote. Salaried employees should be eligible for paid time off to vote. Specifications of time vary by employer.

In Oklahoma, employers must allow employees who are registered to vote two hours to vote either on Election Day or during early voting; however, there are several provisions.

  1. An employee must work at such a distance that extended time off would be necessary to vote.
  2. The request must be made at least three days before the day the voter intends to be absent.
  3. The employer may select the day(s) and/or hour(s) the employee may use to vote.
  4. Time off will not be granted to employees if a three-hour voting period exists before or after the employee's regular working hours.
  5. Employers may alter an employee's work schedule to accommodate voting hours.

Upon proof of voting, an employee will not be subject to any loss of compensation or other penalties for such absence.

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Time off to vote is subject to the employer, there is no requirement for employers to grant time off to vote for employees.

Time off to vote is subject to the employer, there is no requirement for employers to grant time off to vote for employees.

Time off to vote is subject to the employer, there is no requirement for employers to grant time off to vote for employees.

Time off to vote is subject to the employer, there is no requirement for employers to grant time off to vote for employees.

Employees are entitled to paid leave on Election Day between the time the polls open and when they close, unless the person has two consecutive hours during the time the polls are open in which he or she can vote before or after work.

Employers must grant employees up to three hours paid leave to vote, unless polls are open three hours before or after regular working shift. Employees must request this time by noon the day before Election Day, and the employer may specify when during the working day employees may take time off.

Employers must grant employees paid time off if they don't have two consecutive hours outside of working hours to do so on Election Day or during early voting.  

Employers must grant employees up to two hours of paid leave to vote, unless polls are open three outside of regular working shift. The employer may specify the hours during which the employee may be absent.

Time off to vote is subject to the employer, there is no requirement for employers to grant time off to vote for employees.

The General Election Day in November is a State Holiday; however, for other workers, time off to vote is subject to the employer. There is no requirement for employers to grant time off to vote for employees.

 

Private and public employers must give employees time off to vote, unless the employee has 3 hours nonworking time available to vote or the employee fails to vote.

Employers must give employees up to three hours to vote on Election Day while the polls are open. The employee must tell the employer of his/her intended absence. The employer may decide the time of day for the absence.

Employers must grant employees up to one hour of paid time off to vote during polling place hours, if the employee does not have 3 consecutive hours either before or after work that the polls are open.