Twitter says it will give its U.S. employees Election Day off going forward and employees around the world paid time off to vote in national elections.
Twitter Inc. stressed though that employees responsible election-related work, including the security of its service, will continue to work on these days.
Others, like Israel or South Korea, hold elections on weekdays but make them national holidays so people don't have to choose between working and voting.
Pew also found that about two-thirds of Americans are in favor of making Election Day a national holiday.
Lawmakers also wanted to avoid having election fall on Nov. 1, which is All Saints Day in the Catholic religion, an important holiday.