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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.  Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2024/10/24/voting-on-a-workday-heres-what-states-require-paid-voting-leave/  Subscribe to FORBES: https://www.youtube.com/user/Forbes?sub_confirmation=1  Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can help you get ahead, an ad-light experience, early access to select products including NFT drops and more:  https://account.forbes.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=growth_non-sub_paid_subscribe_ytdescript  Stay Connected Forbes newsletters: https://newsletters.editorial.forbes.com Forbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbes Forbes Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forbes Forbes Video on Instagram: http://instagram.com/forbes More From Forbes:  http://forbes.com  Forbes covers the intersection of entrepreneurship, wealth, technology, business and lifestyle with a focus on people and success.

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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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