San Francisco-based venture capitalist Hunter Walk really wants to get as many people as possible to the polls in November.

Having learned that not all states and employers encourage employees to take some time off to go vote on Election Day, Walk decided to take matters into his own hands. He began encouraging tech CEOs to join a public list pledging to actively encourage employees to go vote.

What began as a few tweets and a list on Quora grew to a movement with its own website, takeoffelectionday.com, and a Google Doc with the names (as of press time) of nearly 140 participating companies.

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