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    Election Day has arrived and some states declared the date a public holiday, while others required employers to provide paid time off to vote.

    For example, in New York state, employees are entitled to up to two hours of paid leave if they are not given one. “Enough time to vote,” According to the New York State Board of Elections, this is defined as four consecutive hours from the time the polls open until the beginning of the shift, or four consecutive hours from the end of the shift until the polls close.

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    Only five states have declared Election Day a day, according to the Movement Advancement Project (MAP), an independent, nonprofit think tank. public holiday and requires employers to provide paid time off to vote.

    Voting signs at the Reo Elections Office in Lansing, Michigan, on October 3, 2024. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images/Getty Images)

    Nineteen states do not declare Election Day a public holiday and do not require employers to provide paid time off to vote.

    The distribution according to MAP is as follows:

    Election Day is considered a holiday and employers must provide paid time off to vote:

    • Hawaii
    • illinois
    • maryland
    • new York
    • West Virginia

    Election Day is a holiday but does not require employers to provide paid leave:

    • Delaware
    • indiana
    • Kentucky
    • Louisiana
    • Michigan
    • Montana
    • New Jersey
    • Rhode Island
    • Virginia

    Employers must provide paid time off to vote, but Election Day is not considered a holiday:

    • Alaska
    • Arizona
    • California
    • colorado
    • Iowa
    • in kansas
    • Minnesota
    • Missouri
    • Nebraska
    • Nevada
    • new mexico
    • Oklahoma
    • south dakota
    • Tennessee
    • Texas
    • Utah
    • wyoming

    States where Election Day is not a public holiday and do not require employers to provide paid time off to vote:

    • washington
    • Oregon
    • Idaho
    • north dakota
    • Wisconsin
    • Arkansas
    • mississippi
    • Alabama
    • Georgia
    • Florida
    • South Carolina
    • North Carolina
    • Ohio
    • Pennsylvania
    • Connecticut
    • massachusetts
    • Vermont
    • new hampshire
    • Maine
    • Washington, D.C.

    Get updates on this story at FOXBusiness.com.

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