ARTICLE VII

SECTION I

ELECTION LEAVE

  1. Employees registered to vote in a local, state or county election will be given time off to vote only if they do not have enough time to vote before reporting for work or after finishing work.

  2. The employee requiring time off to vote shall notify his or her department manager via his or her supervisor at least one (1) working day before the election. The reason shall be stated.

  3. If the employee does not have enough time to vote before reporting for work or after finishing work, he or she may take off as much working time as will enable him or her to vote.

  4. Whether the time off is at the beginning or end of the working shift depends on whichever allows the employee the most free time for voting and the least time off from his or her regular working shift.

  5. Employees who take time off to vote will be paid for no more than two (2) hours of regular working time.