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Voting in the U.S. takes place on a Tuesday. This is the day citizens vote for the president, as well as a number of senators, House representatives and other public officials. Yet, this important day of voting falls on a workday, and as a result, there are many Americans who are unable to leave work to vote. Many other democracies that have very high voter turnout rates designate a national holiday for voting or allow citizens to vote on weekends. In the U.S., the difficulty of registering to vote, coupled with the fact that voting is done on a workday, discourages many people from voting. To increase voter turnout, the U.S. government should do the same as its western counterparts and give people a holiday on which they can vote at leisure.