If you don't mind me asking, how does Switzerland handle those which are required to work on election days?
That's one of the ugliest parts of the US election system to me, is the fact that many people need to fit the election around their work schedule, and I know of at least 3 people that couldn't get time to vote this year, and my state makes it so you basically need to be actively deployed in the military, or be hospitalized to get an absentee ballot.
I'm not certain what would happen if say a nurse working a shift in an ICU was selected. I'm pretty sure it's either announced early enough that the hospital would have to switch shiftees or they would be given a pass for free. I suspect a person working in a train station shop on a Sunday would tell their boss, and would simply be shifted to another time (it's not like the boss or the employee can do anything about it - it's law).
EDIT: to clarify once again - I'm pretty sure it does happen, but the case is probably rare enough for it not to matter too much. The rule works for a good 90% of cases, exceptions can certainly be done on a case-by-case basis at community level.
A non-critical worker cannot refuse but:
a) Chosen citizens are paid, even if not much (60€ I think).
b) Chosen citizens have the following Monday morning free, should they need to travel back to their job site, etc.
c) Chosen citizens have strong legal protections should their boss try anything.
In practice, when an employee is chosen for election duty the boss just deals with it as best as they can, since it's a case where judges and police are super strict: messing with election duty will get you heavy fines and/or jail time. So no-one is going to fire you or retaliate if you are assigned election duty.
- I never had to show up (there seem to be enough people volunteering...). - If you have good reasons, you can contest the election.
(IIRC, formally, I've been elected to that task... but I have no idea who did elect me...).
EDIT: also, the mail goes to one of these places where people are standing around watching the people counting (your community's townhall, usually)