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Record Number Of Employers Offering Paid Time Off To Vote This Election Day

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After voter turnout reached a 72-year low in 2014, 44 percent of employers are offering paid time off to vote in Tuesday's midterm elections, according to a Bloomberg report citing data from the Society for Human Resource Management. Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson talks with MSNBC anchor and economics correspondent Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi), co-host of "Velshi & Ruhle."

This segment aired on November 6, 2018.

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