With Election Day just around the corner, we are highlighting some of the issues facing employers in a series of posts on election-related issues. In our first installment, we looked at employee protections around political speech and activity both in and outside the workplace. In this second installment, we’ll examine employees’ rights to take time off to vote or engage in other political activities. Voting Leave Laws. Approximately thirty states require that employers provide their workers with time off to vote. Twenty-one of these states require that the leave be paid. The exact contours of these laws – such…