Reporting from\u00a0Chip Cutter in The Wall Street Journal<\/a> says at least 383 companies, with more than two million workers in 50 states, including JPMorgan Chase, Lyft,\u00a0DICK’S Sporting Goods,\u00a0PayPal, Patagonia,\u00a0VF Corporation, Walmart, Hewlett Packard, and hundreds more<\/a> have signed on<\/a> to the initiative, originally formed ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, when 411 companies representing all 50 states and a variety of industries joined. Organizers aim to enlist 1,000 companies by November, as the 2020 presidential election\u00a0is scheduled for Tuesday, November 3rd. Efforts such as\u00a0paid time off on Election Day or making Election Day a day without meetings are just some of the ways the initiative suggests corporate leaders to play a part.<\/p>\n Historically, the shadow of low voter turnout has loomed large over the US, even when the average global voter turnout rate has dropped by more than 10% over the last 25 years, according to the 2017 World Bank Development Report<\/a>.\u00a0In a 2018 investigation by Pew Research Center<\/a>, the United States ranked\u00a031st out of 35 countries for voter turnout based on the voting age populace, among its peers that are a part of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development\u00a0(OECD), most of whose members are highly developed, democratic states. The highest turnout rates among OECD nations were in Belgium (87.2%), Sweden (82.6%) and Denmark (80.3%).\u00a0Since 1976, Pew Research Center data adds<\/a>, voting-age turnout has remained within an 8.5 % point range \u2013 from just under 50% in 1996, when Bill Clinton was re-elected, to just over 58% in 2008, when Barack Obama won the White House, which also\u00a0proved to be the most racially and ethnically diverse in U.S. history, driven by increases both in the number and in the turnout rates of minority eligible voters. However,\u00a0according to a 24\/7 Wall Street report from Evan Comen, Michael B. Sauter, Samuel Stebbins, Thomas C. Frohlich and Alexander Kent<\/a>, voter participation also depends on the state where you vote, as fewer Americans vote when their states are less competitive in races between Democrats and Republicans.<\/p>\n
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