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Does legislation guarantee paid leave to vote?Countries

Austria - No paid leave and voting occurs on a week day or is not legally established

Denmark - No paid leave and voting occurs on a week day or is not legally established

Iceland - No paid leave and voting occurs on a week day or is not legally established

Ireland - No paid leave and voting occurs on a week day or is not legally established

Japan - No paid leave and voting occurs on a week day or is not legally established

Norway - No paid leave and voting occurs on a week day or is not legally established

United Kingdom - No paid leave and voting occurs on a week day or is not legally established

United States of America - No paid leave and voting occurs on a week day or is not legally established

Czech Republic - No paid leave, but voting is legislated to occur on weekends or public holiday

Estonia - No paid leave, but voting is legislated to occur on weekends or public holiday

Finland - No paid leave, but voting is legislated to occur on weekends or public holiday

France - No paid leave, but voting is legislated to occur on weekends or public holiday

Germany - No paid leave, but voting is legislated to occur on weekends or public holiday

Greece - No paid leave, but voting is legislated to occur on weekends or public holiday

Italy - No paid leave, but voting is legislated to occur on weekends or public holiday

Luxembourg - No paid leave, but voting is legislated to occur on weekends or public holiday

Poland - No paid leave, but voting is legislated to occur on weekends or public holiday

Slovakia - No paid leave, but voting is legislated to occur on weekends or public holiday

Slovenia - No paid leave, but voting is legislated to occur on weekends or public holiday

Sweden - No paid leave, but voting is legislated to occur on weekends or public holiday

Switzerland - No paid leave, but voting is legislated to occur on weekends or public holiday

Türkiye - No paid leave, but voting is legislated to occur on weekends or public holiday

Latvia - Unpaid leave

Australia - Yes, paid leave to vote

Belgium - Yes, paid leave to vote

Canada - Yes, paid leave to vote

Chile - Yes, paid leave to vote

Colombia - Yes, paid leave to vote

Costa Rica - Yes, paid leave to vote

Hungary - Yes, paid leave to vote

Israel - Yes, paid leave to vote

Republic of Korea - Yes, paid leave to vote

Lithuania - Yes, paid leave to vote

Mexico - Yes, paid leave to vote

The Netherlands - Yes, paid leave to vote

New Zealand - Yes, paid leave to vote

Portugal - Yes, paid leave to vote

Spain - Yes, paid leave to vote

Afghanistan - vote_leave__na

Albania - vote_leave__na

Algeria - vote_leave__na

Andorra - vote_leave__na

Angola - vote_leave__na

Antigua and Barbuda - vote_leave__na

Argentina - vote_leave__na

Armenia - vote_leave__na

Azerbaijan - vote_leave__na

Bahamas - vote_leave__na

Bahrain - vote_leave__na

Bangladesh - vote_leave__na

Barbados - vote_leave__na

Belarus - vote_leave__na

Belize - vote_leave__na

Benin - vote_leave__na

Bhutan - vote_leave__na

Bolivia - vote_leave__na

Bosnia and Herzegovina - vote_leave__na

Botswana - vote_leave__na

Brazil - vote_leave__na

Brunei - vote_leave__na

Bulgaria - vote_leave__na

Burkina Faso - vote_leave__na

Burundi - vote_leave__na

Cambodia - vote_leave__na

Cameroon - vote_leave__na

Cabo Verde - vote_leave__na

Central African Republic - vote_leave__na

Chad - vote_leave__na

China - vote_leave__na

Comoros - vote_leave__na

Democratic Republic of the Congo - vote_leave__na

Republic of the Congo - vote_leave__na

Cote d'Ivoire - vote_leave__na

Croatia - vote_leave__na

Cuba - vote_leave__na

Cyprus - vote_leave__na

Djibouti - vote_leave__na

Dominica - vote_leave__na

Dominican Republic - vote_leave__na

Ecuador - vote_leave__na

Egypt - vote_leave__na

El Salvador - vote_leave__na

Equatorial Guinea - vote_leave__na

Eritrea - vote_leave__na

Ethiopia - vote_leave__na

Fiji - vote_leave__na

Gabon - vote_leave__na

The Gambia - vote_leave__na

Georgia - vote_leave__na

Ghana - vote_leave__na

Greenland - vote_leave__na

Grenada - vote_leave__na

Guatemala - vote_leave__na

Guinea - vote_leave__na

Guinea-Bissau - vote_leave__na

Guyana - vote_leave__na

Haiti - vote_leave__na

Honduras - vote_leave__na

India - vote_leave__na

Indonesia - vote_leave__na

Iran - vote_leave__na

Iraq - vote_leave__na

Jamaica - vote_leave__na

Jordan - vote_leave__na

Kazakhstan - vote_leave__na

Kenya - vote_leave__na

Kiribati - vote_leave__na

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - vote_leave__na

Kuwait - vote_leave__na

Kyrgyzstan - vote_leave__na

Laos - vote_leave__na

Lebanon - vote_leave__na

Lesotho - vote_leave__na

Liberia - vote_leave__na

Libya - vote_leave__na

Liechtenstein - vote_leave__na

North Macedonia - vote_leave__na

Madagascar - vote_leave__na

Malawi - vote_leave__na

Malaysia - vote_leave__na

Maldives - vote_leave__na

Mali - vote_leave__na

Malta - vote_leave__na

Marshall Islands - vote_leave__na

Mauritania - vote_leave__na

Mauritius - vote_leave__na

Micronesia, Federated States of - vote_leave__na

Moldova - vote_leave__na

Monaco - vote_leave__na

Mongolia - vote_leave__na

Montenegro - vote_leave__na

Morocco - vote_leave__na

Mozambique - vote_leave__na

Myanmar - vote_leave__na

Namibia - vote_leave__na

Nauru - vote_leave__na

Nepal - vote_leave__na

Nicaragua - vote_leave__na

Niger - vote_leave__na

Nigeria - vote_leave__na

Oman - vote_leave__na

Pakistan - vote_leave__na

Palau - vote_leave__na

Panama - vote_leave__na

Papua New Guinea - vote_leave__na

Paraguay - vote_leave__na

Peru - vote_leave__na

The Philippines - vote_leave__na

Qatar - vote_leave__na

Romania - vote_leave__na

Russian Federation - vote_leave__na

Rwanda - vote_leave__na

Samoa - vote_leave__na

San Marino - vote_leave__na

Sao Tome and Principe - vote_leave__na

Saudi Arabia - vote_leave__na

Senegal - vote_leave__na

Serbia - vote_leave__na

Seychelles - vote_leave__na

Sierra Leone - vote_leave__na

Singapore - vote_leave__na

Solomon Islands - vote_leave__na

Somalia - vote_leave__na

South Africa - vote_leave__na

South Sudan - vote_leave__na

Sri Lanka - vote_leave__na

St. Kitts and Nevis - vote_leave__na

St. Lucia - vote_leave__na

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - vote_leave__na

Sudan - vote_leave__na

Suriname - vote_leave__na

Eswatini - vote_leave__na

Syria - vote_leave__na

Tajikistan - vote_leave__na

Tanzania - vote_leave__na

Thailand - vote_leave__na

Timor-Leste - vote_leave__na

Togo - vote_leave__na

Tonga - vote_leave__na

Trinidad and Tobago - vote_leave__na

Tunisia - vote_leave__na

Turkmenistan - vote_leave__na

Tuvalu - vote_leave__na

Uganda - vote_leave__na

Ukraine - vote_leave__na

United Arab Emirates - vote_leave__na

Uruguay - vote_leave__na

Uzbekistan - vote_leave__na

Vanuatu - vote_leave__na

Venezuela - vote_leave__na

Vietnam - vote_leave__na

Yemen - vote_leave__na

Zambia - vote_leave__na

Zimbabwe - vote_leave__na