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    Are you going to vote? These states require employers to give you time off to vote.

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    Election day is here, and some states declared the date a national 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 time off if they are not granted time off. “sufficient time to vote,” according to the New York State Board of Elections. This is described as four consecutive hours to vote either from the opening of the polls until the start of their shift, or four consecutive hours between the end of their shift and the closing of polling stations.

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    According to the Movement Advancement Project (MAP), an independent nonprofit think tank, only five states have declared Election Day as election day. public holiday and requiring employers to provide paid time off to vote.

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

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

    Here is the distribution, according to MAP

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

    • Hawaii
    • Illinois
    • Maryland
    • new York
    • West Virginia

    Election Day is a public 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
    • Kansas
    • Minnesota
    • Missouri
    • Nebraska
    • Nevada
    • New Mexico
    • Oklahoma
    • South Dakota
    • Tennessee
    • Texas
    • Utah
    • Wyoming

    States that do not consider Election Day a 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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