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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

DES MOINES, IA — I just caught up with Tim Russert, moderator of NBC’s Meet The Press, at the Polk County Convention Complex here. Tomorrow Iowans will caucus for president – but in the past two elections only 6-7% of eligible voters have participated. I asked Russert why he thinks more candidates aren’t talking about election reform.

Stay tuned here for more coverage of the caucuses. New here? Check out our effort to get the presidential candidates talking about the state of our voting system – the Why Tuesday? Candidate Challenge.

- Jacob Soboroff

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