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in January, Democrats in the House of Representatives introduced their first piece of legislation in the new Congress. It's a bill that proposes making Election Day a federal holiday. The legislation encourages private employers to give their workers the day off to vote, too.



According to the Pew Research Center, Americans on both sides of the aisle support making Election Day a national holiday: 71 percent of Democrats and 59 percent of Republicans favor the idea.

Voting rights groups have been pushing for years to make Election Day a holiday. They argue that it would allow working voters greater opportunity to cast their ballots. The measure has been included in several voting rights bills, but they never passed.

USA Today spoke to three experts about what it would be like if the United States made Election Day a holiday.