What if your employer won't let you vote?

That's the question from one person who wants to vote but stay employed.

November 2, 2010 at 10:37PM

A woman (who understandably doesn't want to be identified) asks this Election Day question: "What do you do if your employer says you can't leave early to vote?" She wanted to vote at lunchtime, but her boss said no.

Here's what state law requires. It used to require employers to let employees vote only in the morning of election day, but the law is now more inclusive:

The Secretary of State's office advises that it's up to county attorneys to investigate and prosecute violations of this law. Does your employer let you get out to vote?

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